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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The apostle says that such teachings are not characteristic of true teachers, because they flow not from Divine wisdom but from demonic wisdom.
Western Saints
Bede
This is not the wisdom descending from above, but earthly, unspiritual, demonic. And Paul says that the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. It should be noted that the natural man, or natural wisdom, is derived not from the animal, but from the soul, as the Apostle testifies, because the first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam a life-giving spirit (I Cor. XV). But it is not first that which is spiritual, but that which is natural. …
Bonaventure
That wisdom which is from below, blessed James describes, saying: "This is not wisdom descending from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical." This wisdom with all solicitude seeks to delight in every pleasure, in the abundance of worldly riches, in the experience of sensual delights, and in the eminence or ambition of worldly pomps. …
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