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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest calumniate and oppress the poor, and the work of Thine hands, and help the counsel of the wicked? This same is so said by way of interrogation, that it is denied. As though it were in plain terms; 'Thou That art supremely good, I know dost not hold it good to oppress the poor man by calumny. …
Thomas Aquinas
Because we come to the knowledge of divine things through human ones, he proposes two ways the innocent are sometimes condemned by human judgment. The first way is because of the malice of the one meting out the punishment. Punishments are inflicted on the innocent in three ways from this cause. Sometimes they heap calumnies upon the innocent through cunning. …
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