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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." Again, he speaks after the class, and he always does it; for from kindness comes humbleness of mind, and from this, longsuffering. "Forbearing," he saith, "one another," that is, passing things over And see, how he has shown it to be nothing, by calling it a "complaint," and saying, "even as Christ forgave you." Great is the example! and thus he always does; he exhorts them after Christ. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Condescending (ἀνεχόμενοι) – is the same as bearing (βασάζοντες) one another – you him, and he you. Do not judge strictly the faults and failings of one another, but, considering them trifles, pass them over without attention. And see how he himself showed their insignificance by calling them a "complaint." Paul, as always, exhorts them by the example of Christ. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
In the bad times of adversity three kinds of armor are necessary. First, patience, which keeps the soul from giving up the love of God and what is right because of difficulties: "You will save your souls by patience" (Lk 21:19). Sometimes it happens that a person does what is right if he alone is involved, yet he finds that the traits of other persons are insufferable; and to these he says, forbearing one another: "For by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived among them, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day …
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