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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cosmas Indicopleustes
The sun is not said by them to ascend but to go out, for the scripture saith: The sun goeth out upon the earth, not goeth up; and again he says: From the end of heaven is his going forth, and at the end of heaven is his goal, Not a going up then—but if it is circular, it has not an end—for where are we to find an end of what is perfectly round?
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"His going forth is from the highest heaven" [Psalm 19:6]. From the Father is His going forth, not that in time, but from everlasting, whereby He was born of the Father. "And His meeting is even to the height of heaven." And in the fullness of the Godhead He meets even to an equality with the Father. …
Ambrose of Milan
Christ fills his world with copious lights, since "his going out is from the end of heaven, and his circuit even to the end of it, and there is no one who can hide himself from his heat." Benignly he gives light to all, wishing not to repel the foolish but to correct them and desiring not to exclude the hard of heart from the church but to soften them. Hence … Christ in the Gospel invites them, saying, "Come to me, all you who labor, and are burdened, and I will give you rest. …
Thomas Aquinas
"From the highest." Here he continues on the ascension, and concerning this he does three things. First, he sets forth the fitting ascension. Second, its terminus. Third, its fitting effect. The first, when he says, "From the highest heaven is his going forth." It is natural for each thing to tend to its own connatural place. The highest natural place is owed to him who has the highest nature. Christ was born from the Father having the highest nature: Eph. …
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