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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 15. Behold, among His saints there is no one that is unchangeable; the heavens are not clean in His sight. MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION He repeated that with the title of 'the heavens,' which he before denoted by the appellation of the 'Saints.' For it is written concerning those very Saints; The heavens are telling the glory of God; all of whom have by nature in themselves changeableness proper to them, but while they earnestly desire to attach themselves always to the unchangeable 'Truth,' in attaching themselves they bring it to …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he attacks the same statement by comparing him to more noble creatures, and so he then says, "Look! Among his holy ones," the angels, "not one is unchangeable," from his own nature, but they can only be turned away from sin because of the gift of divine grace. "And the heavens," which hold the supreme place of purity among bodies, "are not pure in his presence," in comparison to him since they are material, corporeal and changeable.
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