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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
For truly my words are without falsehood. Even righteous men, when they see that they cannot be understood by their feeble hearers, are frequently wont to praise the things they say. Not because they are eager for their own praise, but to inflame their hearers with an anxious desire of listening to them; in order that, while they are uttered by their voice, they may be embraced, with more ardent affection, by the hearts of their hearers. …
Thomas Aquinas
He precludes someone saying that what he was about to say did not proceed from true science, but false opinion saying, "For truly my discourses are without deceit," for I will not say anything but what is true and accords with true knowledge. So he says, "and I will show you perfect science," the following proofs will convince you because they seem to come from perfect science.
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