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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
How many are mine iniquities and my sins? make me to know my crimes and my offences. This is the task of the righteous in this life, to find out themselves, and on finding out to bring themselves to a better state by weeping and self-chastening. …
Thomas Aquinas
First he offers God the part of the opposing party saying, "Show me what great crimes, sins, wicked deeds, and faults I have." Here one must consider that Job's friends seemed to argue against Job, as though taking the part of God, according to what was said already, "Do you take God's part to try to judge for God?" (v.8) Now the friends of Job used the argument against him that he had been punished for his sins. …
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