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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
And after proving this from Abraham, he introduces David also as giving his suffrage in favor of the statement made. What then doth David say? and whom doth he pronounce blessed? is it him that triumphs in works, or him that hath enjoyed grace? him that hath obtained pardon and a gift? And when I speak of blessedness, I mean the chiefest of all good things; for as righteousness is greater than a reward, so is blessedness greater than righteousness. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Having proved by the example of Abraham that righteousness or justification is from faith, he presents David as well, who calls blessed the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works, and shows the advantage and superiority of faith.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, as David also, he proves the conditional statement by a quotation from a psalm. First, he gives its sense; second, he presents its words, at blessed are they; third, he excludes a false interpretation, at this blessedness, then. He says: as David also terms the blessedness of a man to whom God reputes, i.e., confers, justice without works, i.e., gratis, without preceding works: not because of deeds done by us in justice (Titus 3:5). …
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