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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
What then does the Savior say? He did not allow John to forbid the one performing signs: "Do not forbid him," He says, "for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me." That is, how will the one who acquires glory for himself through My name and performs miracles by invoking Me speak evil of Me? It appears that the Lord contradicts Himself, for in another place He says, "He who is not with Me is against Me" (Mt. 12:30). …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
We ought not be disturbed because some who do not belong or do not yet belong to this temple, that is, among whom God does not or does not yet dwell, perform some works of power, as happened to the one who cast out devils in the name of Christ. Although he was not a follower of Christ, Christ ordered that he be allowed to continue because it gave a valuable testimony of his name to many.… The centurion Cornelius also saw the angel that was sent to him to say that his prayers had been heard and his alms accepted, even before he was …
Bede
By which He shows that no one is to be driven away from that partial goodness which he possesses already, but rather to be stirred up to that which he has not as yet obtained.
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