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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
By the Day of the Lord one must understand both the general end and the particular end of each person, for this latter is also unknown as to when it will come for each one. And this is beneficial for us for many reasons. First, because if a person knew his final hour, he would ceaselessly commit every sin, and then, toward the end of life, would approach the baptismal font. …
Cyprian
The apostle says: "The day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. When they shall say, Peace and security, then on them shall come sudden destruction." [1 Thessalonians 5:2-3] Also in the Acts of the Apostles: "No one can know the times or the seasons which the Father has placed in His own power." [Acts 1:7]
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
So what is this day which the Lord has made? Live good lives, and you will be this day yourselves. The apostle, you see, was not talking about the day which begins with sunrise and ends with sunset, when he said, "Let us walk honorably, as in the day"; where he also said, "For those who get drunk are drunk at night." Nobody sees people getting drunk at the midday meal; but when this does happen, it is a matter of the night, not of the day which the Lord has made. …
Thomas Aquinas
In fact, all days depend on the Lord: "By thy appointment they stand this day" (Ps. 119:91). But this day especially belongs to the Lord, because His will is fulfilled in everyone: it is accomplished in the good people who are led to salvation as an end foreknown by God: "Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim. 2:4); and in the evil people that are punished: "At the set time which I appoint I will judge with equity" (Ps. 75:2). …
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