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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
A remnant exists even now, he says, that is, the best. When winnowed grain is fanned, what remains is the kernel. Just so God too, rejecting the wicked, keeps the worthy for Himself. When he said "by election," he showed the diligence of those being saved, because they became worthy of election through their diligence; and when he said "of grace," he indicated the gift of God.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
The "remnant" refers to the Jews who have believed in Christ. Many of them did believe in the days of the apostles, and even today there are some converts, though very few.
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, even so then, he adapts all this to the present situation. First, he sets out the adaptation, saying: even so then, at this present time also, in which a multitude of people seems to have gone astray, there is a remnant saved according to the election of God's grace, i.e., according to the gratuitous choice of God: you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you (John 15:16).
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