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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
If you have silver or gold, then your work will survive, and you will receive a reward; but if you have hay and the like, then your work will not withstand the force of the fire (this is what the expression "it will be burned" means), but it will be revealed that it is worthless. If someone were to cross the river of fire in golden armor, he would come out on the other bank in a more radiant form; but if another were to go through that same river with hay, he would not only gain no profit, but would destroy even himself. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, if any man's work, he indicates the manner in which the above disclosures will be made: first, in regard to good works when he says: if any man's work, which he erected, survives the fire, he, i.e., the one who erected it, shall receive a reward: "Behold, his reward is with him" (Is 40:10). …
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