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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Like sheep laid in hell, death is their shepherd." Whose? Of those whose way is a stumbling-block to themselves. Whose? Of those who mind only things present, while they think not of things future: of those who think not of any life, but of that which must be called death. Not without cause, then, like sheep in hell, have they death to their shepherd. What meaneth, "they have death to their shepherd"? For is death either some thing or some power? …
Thomas Aquinas
"Like sheep." Here he sets forth the evils that will befall sinners after this life. And because he has already spoken of three evils -- namely, that they are like beasts, that they despise wisdom, and the third is that they trust in their own strength -- against the first he says: because these are like beasts, it is fitting that they be punished like beasts. Hence he says, "Like sheep they are placed in Hell." Sheep have no help from nature to defend themselves, and therefore they are exposed to slaughter. Ps. …
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