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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifice." To stand therefore is a sign of ministering; accordingly to sit, is a sign of being ministered unto. "But this man after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool." "For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Thus, to stand is the distinction of one who serves; but to sit, as Christ does, is the distinction of the one who is served.
Oecumenius
"And every priest stands." Therefore, to stand is a sign of serving. But to sit, just as Christ sat at the right hand of the Father, is a sign of being served, as being God. — "Daily offering." [PHOTIUS] He says that the same sacrifices were offered for the same things, and since the sacrifices and offerings that had been made were no longer effective, they could not completely and perfectly take away sin. [end of the Photius excerpt] —
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
494. – Then (v. 11) he compares the priest of the new and Old Testaments. Here it should be noted that there were two solemn sacrifices in the Law: one on the day of atonement offered by the high priest alone; the other was the continual sacrifice, where one lamb was offered in the morning and another in the evening (Num. 28). …
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