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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
So, having experientially come to know the goodness of the Lord upon yourselves, show kindness and mercy to one another as well, and lay yourselves upon the living cornerstone, rejected by men but honored and chosen by God, both existing and foretold by the prophets.
Oecumenius
Therefore, as you have tasted the Lord is good, show the goodness of sweetness to others, and apply yourselves to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and honorable, who has also been proclaimed through the prophets: being bound to one another in love, and being fitted together for the completion of a spiritual house, having no care for contempt among men: for neither did Christ, the cornerstone, have that care, who was rejected by them: and being built up and perfected into a spiritual house by …
Western Saints
Bede
To whom coming, a living stone, etc. And he takes this testimony about the stone from the psalm, where it is written: The stone which the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner (Psalm 117). Lest anyone should think in the Jewish sense that it was sung by the prophet about a material stone, which in the construction of any earthly house would be set against human disposition by divine judgment, he thoughtfully added living: To whom coming, he says, a living stone, to signify that it was said about Christ. …
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