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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
On that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear by the Lord of hosts. One of these cities shall be called the city of the sun. Concerning the city of the sun, the LXX translated 'asedec,' not knowing exactly what it meant. Some of our people interpret it as the city of justice, and due to a mistake, they think that it is written in Hebrew as 'Ares,' which means 'land' in other letters. …
Bede
The servant is "faithful in very little" who does not defile the word of God but speaks as though he were speaking from God and with God in Christ. For whatever gifts we receive at present are very little and very poor in comparison with those of the future, since "now we know only partially and prophesy only partially, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away." The ten cities are souls coming to the grace of the gospel through the word of the law. …
Thomas Aquinas
In that day. Here the consequence or the consolation is set out, namely their conversion. And first, the threefold sign of their conversion; the first of which is an oath: swearing, below: he shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten (Isa 65:16); the city of the sun, Heliopolis, the language of Chanaan, which is close to the language of the Jews, so that even in language they will agree with the people of God; for some Syrians, who kept their own language, were transplanted in these cities by …
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