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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabin of fishes with his head? 34. What is designated by 'nets,' or a 'cabin of fishes,' except the churches of the faithful which make one Catholic Church? Whence it is written in the Gospel, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind of fishes. [Matt. 13, 47] The Church is in truth called the kingdom of heaven, for while the Lord exalts her conduct to things above, she already reigns herself in the Lord by heavenly conversation. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he shows that man cannot use Leviathan like he uses fish which have been caught. Fishermen fill large nets with these fish with the larger specimens, and he expresses this saying, "Will you fill the nets with his skin?" He clearly says "skin" perhaps to express the method in which the very large whales are captured, who "by very long stalks which they have, bind the whales to the rocks when they are sleeping in their grottos," as one source says, "and then, when the fisherman approaches up close, he loosens as much of the …
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