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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Jerusalem
May God at length grant you to see that night when darkness is turned into day, of which it was said "the darkness hides not from you, but the night shall shine as the day." Then let the gate of paradise be opened to each man and each woman among you. Then may you enjoy waters that bear Christ and have his sweet savor. Then may you receive his name of Christian, and the capacity for heavenly things. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Blessed are they whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sins are covered" [Psalm 32:1]: and whose sins are buried in oblivion.
Ambrose of Milan
For some sins Thou dost wash away in the blood of Thy Son, others Thou dost remit unto us, that by good works and confession we may cover our errors. The expression therefore "that pardoneth iniquities", appertains to remission; because He takes them away altogether, so that the things which He remembers not are as though they did not exist.
Thomas Aquinas
Here begins the fourth decade of the first fifty. And just as in the first decade there are Psalms in which mention is made of the persecution by Absalom, in the second of the persecution by Saul, in the third of the persecution by the people, so in this fourth decade the tribulation that the good suffer from sinners is treated: 2 Pet. 2: "Dwelling among them, he tortured his righteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds." This decade is divided into two parts. First, the dignity of the just is commended. …
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