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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I look upon you as being in all things" - he puts it by way of encomium: the word does not seem to mean anything offensive - "more religiously disposed." For the cities were full of gods: this is why he says "more religiously disposed." "For as I passed by and viewed the objects of your worship" - he does not say simply the demons or deities, but paves the way for his discourse.
Theophylact of Ohrid
It seems that the apostle is as if praising the Athenians, saying that "they are as if especially devout," instead of calling them pious.
Clement of Alexandria
Paul, in the Acts of the Apostles, is recorded to have said to the Areopagites, "I perceive that ye are more than ordinarily religious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with the inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. …
Western Saints
Cassiodorus
"But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said," etc. Paul, set in the midst of the Areopagus, poured out the honey of heavenly philosophy, starting his speech beautifully with the fact that among their various idols he had found an inscription that read "to the unknown god". He said that they should, therefore, seek the one whom they themselves declared to be unknown to them. …
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