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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Athanasius of Alexandria
Still, it was when humanity was in this state that the Word—the Son—came to seek and to find that which was lost. Even before he came, he tried to restrain us from such foolishness, crying out, "Don't be like the horse and the mule which have no understanding and whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle." And because his own people were careless and acted as the wicked did, Isaiah, praying in the Spirit said, "You are to me like merchants of Phoenicia."
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he sets out their stupor: be silent, adding three things in which they gloried, namely, in the fortification of their position: you that dwell in the island; in the abundance of their merchandise: trade, that is, in which they trade; have filled you, with riches; in abundance of grain: the seed of the river Nile, that is, her harvest, and revenue, namely of Tyre, for much wheat came to them from Egypt, and therefore she is become the mart of the nations: say to Tyre that dwells at the entry of the sea, being the mart of the …
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