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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And whether one member suffereth all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it." "Yea, with no other view," saith he, "did He make the care He requires common, establishing unity in so great diversity, but that of all events there might be complete communion. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
A close union makes misfortune and prosperity common. Thus, as we said, when the heel has a splinter, everything suffers. Conversely, when the head is crowned, then for the other members too there is glory and joy, the eyes become brighter, and the whole body appears beautiful.
Cyprian
If we reject the repentance of those who have some confidence in a conscience that may be tolerated; at once with their wife, with their children, whom they had kept safe, they are hurried by the devil's invitation into heresy or schism; and it will be attributed to us in the day of judgment, that we have not cared for the wounded sheep, and that on account of a single wounded one we have lost many sound ones. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Secondly, he specifies this solicitude: first, in regard to evil, in which it is more obvious. Hence he says: If one member suffers, namely, evil, all suffer together. This is obvious in the natural body. For if one member is ailing, the whole body, as it were, begins to ail; and spirits and humors flock to the ailing part to help it. …
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