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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Rescuing his soul from corruption, and his life from passing to the sword. For every sinner, in consequence of his corruption by sin here, is compelled to pass thither to the sword of punishment; that he may be justly punished in that world, by the very sins in which he delighted in this. …
Thomas Aquinas
Once man is free from fault, he fittingly escapes punishments. He shows he escapes two kinds of punishments. First, with respect to the spiritual punishment of the soul, "He rescues his soul from corruption," caused by the disorders of the powers of the soul. Second, concerning corporeal punishment, hence he says, "and his life," the corporeal one, "so that he does not perish by the sword," when he is punished for his sin. …
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