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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Now then, such security received, what say they? "Therefore will not we fear, when the earth shall be confounded" [Psalm 46:2]. Just before anxious, suddenly secure; out of too great tribulations set in great tranquillity. For in them Christ was sleeping, therefore were they tossed: Christ awoke (as but now we heard out of the Gospel), He commanded the winds, and they were still. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Therefore we will not fear." Ps. 26: "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" As if to say: I will fear no one. And rightly, because he himself is "our God, a refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have found us exceedingly." Second, he shows what things are to be feared. But two things are to be feared: namely, general tribulation and the oppression of the great. General tribulation is when all are slaughtered. The other is when leaders are captured. In these, fear has its place. …
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