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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"He has chosen an inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob, whom He loved" [Psalm 47:4]. A certain beauty of Jacob He has chosen for our inheritance. Esau and Jacob were two brothers; in their mother's womb both struggled, and by this struggle their mother's bowels were shaken; and while they two were yet therein, the younger was elected and preferred to the elder, and it was said, "Two peoples are in your womb, and the elder shall serve the younger." [Genesis 25:23] Among all nations is the elder, among all nations the younger; …
Thomas Aquinas
"He has chosen for us his inheritance." Here another benefit of the bestowal of goods is set forth. Where it should be noted that election implies the acceptance of one thing over another. Now the election of God can be understood from a twofold perspective. First, on the part of the goods that are bestowed. And thus distinguish: because some of the things bestowed are temporal, and some are spiritual. The ungodly and sinners receive temporal things as their portion. Wis. …
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