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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
But we have heard the world called from the rising of the sun unto the going down: whence does He begin to call, who has called? This thing also hear ye: "Out of Sion is the semblance of His beauty" [Psalm 50:2]. Evidently the Psalm does agree with the Gospel, which says, "Throughout all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." [Luke 24:47] Hear, "Throughout all nations:" He has called the world from the rising of the sun unto the going down. …
Thomas Aquinas
The order of the calling is set forth when he says, "Out of Zion is the beauty of his comeliness"; as if to say: this calling began in Zion. Is. 2: "Out of Zion shall go forth the law," etc. For the apostles, when they received the Holy Spirit, were in Zion, and then they were made strong to go throughout the world. Out of Zion, therefore, where the apostles were, began to be spread abroad the beauty of his comeliness. …
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