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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Who gnawed in solitude, being scurvy with calamity and misery, and chewed herbs and the barks of trees. And juniper roots for their meat. All heretics, whilst in sacred Revelation they make it their aim to dive into secrets of God beyond what they are capable of, by their hunger become barren. …
Thomas Aquinas
Fifth, as to poverty he continues, "in want," from lack of possessions, "and hunger," as to the affliction which attends want, "they are sterile," for they are not capable of producing fruit. This is the contrary to the statement he made already, "The rock poured out rivers of oil for me." (29:6) Sixth, he shows this as to the difficult life they led when he says, "They gnawed in desolate places," for they consumed plain foods which they searched for in deserts, like acorns and other things of this sort, because they did not have the …
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