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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Having a "Priest," obviously Christ, and the "house" is us, the believers (Heb. 3:6), according to the following words: "I will dwell in them and walk among them" (2 Cor. 6:16, cf. Lev. 26:12). Or, what I think is better, heaven: for he also calls it the "Sanctuary," and says that the High Priest ministers in it, interceding on our behalf.
Oecumenius
"over the house of God." He speaks of the house of God as the faithful, according to, "I will dwell in them, and walk among them." (Lev. 26:12; 2 Cor. 6:16)
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
503. – Then he commends the dignity of the priesthood when he says, a great high priest, who dedicated the way for us. As if to say: Having a confidence in entering in through the priest, namely, Jesus: 'You are a priest forever' (Ps. 109:4). He is called a great priest, because His priesthood is not merely over one people, as Aaron's was, but over the house of God, i.e., the entire Church Militant and Triumphant: 'That you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church' (1 Tim. 3:15). …
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