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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Since then we have the certainty that these things are to be hereafter, and since we have heard from our fathers that those we spoke of were in time past, what is our state at present? "But now Thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame" [Psalm 44:9]. Thou hast "put us to shame" not before our own consciences, but in the sight of men. For there was a time when Christians were persecuted; when in every place they were outcasts, when in every place it used to be said, "He is a Christian!" as if it conveyed an insult and reproach. …
Thomas Aquinas
"But now." Here he sets forth the adversity of the saints of the New Testament. And first he sets forth the adversity they suffer. Second he sets forth their patience and steadfastness, at "All these things have come upon us." Concerning the adversity of the saints, he first touches on the cause of the adversity: namely, the withdrawal of divine help. Second he touches on the order, at "You have turned us back." A holy man has three things in God: namely, refuge. Ps. 90: "Lord, you have been our refuge." Prov. …
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