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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"With all lowliness and meekness." The righteous, when they are in tribulations, are then especially more energetic, and when they are in bonds: for to suffer any thing for Christ's sake is the sweetest of all consolation. Let us learn not to sink under affliction, nor to repine; for look at this blessed saint. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He shows how it is possible to "walk worthy of the calling" — if we are humble. For then you will fully understand what you are and what you have been deemed worthy of, and you will humble yourself and strive to serve your benefactor. Moreover, it serves as the foundation of every virtue; therefore the Lord also began His beatitudes from this point, calling the poor in spirit blessed, that is, the humble-minded. …
Cyprian
Charity is the bond of brotherhood, the foundation of peace, the holdfast and security of unity, which is greater than both hope and faith, which excels both good works and martyrdoms, which will abide with us always, eternal with God in the kingdom of heaven. Take from it patience; and deprived of it, it does not endure. Take from it the substance of bearing and of enduring, and it continues with no roots nor strength. The apostle, finally, when he would speak of charity, joined to it endurance and patience. …
Western Saints
Jerome
Anyone who understands what it is "forbear one another in love" will understand that this is a precept appropriate to the faithful. It is not indeed saints who have any need to "forbear one another." Rather it is those in the earlier stages of Christian life, who being human are still under the control of some passion. Nor is it strange that this should be said to the Ephesians. Among them there were surely some who still had to bear patiently with others.
Thomas Aquinas
When he says with all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity, he expresses the way to fulfill his admonition, teaching them how they can behave in a worthy manner. Four virtues must be cultivated, and their four opposite vices shunned. The first vice which he rejects is pride. When one arrogant person decides to rule others, while the other proud individuals do not want to submit, dissension arises in the society and peace disappears. …
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