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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Just as God's promise made to Abraham is already visibly fulfilled in Christ, so other promises made to the seed of Abraham will be no less certainly fulfilled. The promise to Abraham was that "all the nations of the earth will be blessed in your seed." It is one of many such promises. …
Hippolytus of Rome
So that we may not turn aside from what is set before, so that what was seen by the prophet may be shown as true and so that what was perceived by us in the grace of the Lord and what was spoken may be sure, let us see if the angel confirms our words, who teaches the blessed Daniel, for he speaks in this way, "These four beasts are four kingdoms which shall arise upon the earth, and which shall be removed, and the saints of the most high shall inherit the kingdom and possess it forever and ever." [Daniel 7:17-18] And so it is …
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