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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Bede
Two will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left. Just as above, with two in one bed and two women grinding at the mill, so here it is understood to be in one field. This signifies those who labor in the ministry of the Church, as in the field of God, to whom his farmer said: "You are God's field" (1 Corinthians 3:9). The one who will be taken is the one who does not adulterate the word of God (2 Corinthians 2:17), but speaks in Christ truthfully before God. …
Bonaventure
Thirdly, with respect to the state of prelates, he adds: Two shall be in the field, through the guardianship of Churches; the Gloss: "'Two' signifies the differences of preachers laboring in the Church as in a field." Whence the Apostle also calls the prelate and preacher a farmer; 2 Timothy 2: "The laboring farmer ought first to partake of the fruits"; and therefore 1 Corinthians 3: "You are God's husbandry, you are God's building." On account of which it was said in Jeremiah 1: "Behold, I have set you over nations and over …
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