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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
God forbid that I should justify you; till I die, I will not depart from mine innocency. For he would 'depart from his innocency,' if he reckoned good things of bad persons; as Solomon bears witness, who saith, He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. For there are persons, who, whilst they extol with commendation deeds of men ill done, heighten that which they ought to have rebuked. …
Thomas Aquinas
Since the friends of Job had asserted opinions like this he adds, "Far be it from me to judge you just": for he could not judge them just unless he approved of their unjust opinion, in which he would be deviating from his own justice. So he says, "until I fall," in death, "I will not desert," for I do not intend to desert, "my innocence." I would desert my innocence if I with you judged the saints suffering adversity in this world to be evil.
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