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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Why then dost still think of thy flocks? "Shall I eat the flesh of bulls, or shall I drink the blood of he-goats?" Ye have heard what of us He requireth not, who willeth to enjoin us somewhat. If of such things ye were thinking, now withdraw your thoughts from such things: think not to offer God any such thing. If thou hast a fat bull, kill for the poor: let them eat the flesh of bulls, though they shall not drink the blood of he-goats. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Shall I eat?" Above, the Psalmist, in the person of the Lord, assigned the reason why the Lord will not accept goats, even if he were in need; here, however, he shows that he has no need. It should be known that in the law it is commanded that the flesh of holocausts be burned and that the blood be poured out at the base of the altar. And someone could suspect that God delighted in the blood and flesh of those animals. …
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