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What the Fathers say

1 Samuel 12:2

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

We have innocence of life for ourselves, but we ascend the height of prelacy for others, not for ourselves. Through the good of innocence we press toward the eternal homeland; through the height of prelacy we keep watch in the guardianship of others. In that virtue we are secure, but this eminence we hold with great fear: because we who greatly tremble to render an account of our own works must render an account to God for that over which we preside over others. …

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2 ↗