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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Thus, by "the whole law" one should understand the law of love, about which the apostle speaks preeminently, and he calls impartiality "the law of liberty," for one who acts with partiality is not free but a slave, because: "by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage" (2 Pet. 2:19).
Western Saints
Bede
Thus speak, and thus act, as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. The law of liberty is the law of charity, of which it is said: If, however, you fulfill the royal law according to the Scriptures: You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. Therefore, he says, speak thus, and act thus, that by loving your neighbors, you may deserve to be loved by God, and by showing mercy to your neighbors, you may expect mercy in the divine judgment. …
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