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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"And the Heaven shall declare His righteousness" [Psalm 50:6]. Truly this righteousness of God to us the "heavens have declared," the Evangelists have foretold. Through them we have heard that some will be on the right hand, to whom the Householder says, "Come, you blessed of My Father, receive." [Matthew 25:34] Receive what? "A kingdom." In return for what thing? "I was an hungred, and you gave Me to eat." What so valueless, what so earthly, as to break bread to the hungry? At so much is valued the kingdom of heaven. …
Thomas Aquinas
"The heavens shall announce." The office of the apostles is to announce, and these are designated by the heavens. Hence the "heavens," that is, the apostles, "shall announce the justice of God." And they are called heavens because they are eminent above all the choirs of the saints, and they illuminate the whole Church. Ps. 18: "The heavens declare the glory of God." They shall announce, moreover, "that God is the judge," by instructing through doctrine. …
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