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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
See also the absence of pride. "Your faith," He says, "has saved you," since you believed that I am the proclaimed Son of David, the Christ, and showed such fervor that you did not fall silent despite being forbidden. From this we learn that when we ask with faith, it is not the case that we ask for one thing and the Lord gives another, but that very thing itself. If, however, we ask for one thing and receive another, it is a clear sign that we are not asking for something good or not with faith. …
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
To this light, indeed, faith is the way. Hence rightly it is immediately answered to the blind man as he is enlightened: "Receive your sight, your faith has saved you." But to these things carnal thinking says: How can I seek spiritual light, which I cannot see? How is it certain to me that it exists, since it does not shine upon my bodily eyes? To which thought, indeed, anyone may briefly respond that even these very things which he perceives, he thinks not through the body but through the soul. …
Bede
And Jesus said to him: Look, your faith has saved you. And immediately he saw and followed Him, glorifying God. He sees and follows, who works the good he understands. He indeed sees, but does not follow, who indeed understands good, but despises performing good works. For he who imitates follows Jesus. Hence He says: If anyone serves me, let him follow me (John XII). Let us therefore consider where He leads, that we may deserve to follow. …
Bonaventure
Fourth, as to the integrity of health, he adds: And Jesus said to him: Receive your sight: your faith has made you whole, through the infusion of divine grace. For by the regard of faith our heart is raised up to justice; Romans 5: "Being justified by faith, let us have peace with God." And this is the first virtue, concerning which Hebrews 11: "He who draws near must believe," for "it is the substance of things hoped for," etc.
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