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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Thy mouth hath abounded in malice, and thy tongue hath embraced deceit." Of the malevolence and deceit, brethren, of certain men he speaketh, who by adulation, though they know what they hear to be evil, yet lest they offend those from whom they hear, not only by not reproving but by holding their peace do consent. Too little is it, that they do not say, Thou hast done evil: but they even say, Thou hast done even well: and they know it to be evil: but their mouth aboundeth in malice, and their tongue embraceth deceit. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Your mouth." Here he treats of the sin of the mouth, which is aggravated in two ways. First, from circumstances. Second, from the condition of persons, at "Sitting." Concerning the first he does two things. First, he sets forth the aggravating conditions, namely frequency. Another is deceit. Frequency: because if someone occasionally commits some sin, it is in some way tolerable. Or if from a slip of the tongue he says something disordered, it is more easily borne. Jas. …
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