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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
God understandeth the way thereof; and He knoweth the place thereof. This Wisdom coeternal with God has 'a way' in one sense, and in another sense 'a place;' but only a 'place,' if a person understand it a place not local. For God is not capable of being held close after the manner of a body. But as has been said, a place not local is meant. The 'place' of 'Wisdom' is the Father, 'the place' of the Father is 'Wisdom,' as, Wisdom Herself bearing testimony, it is said, I am in the Father, and the Father in Me. …
Thomas Aquinas
To show the root of wisdom he then says, "God understands the way to her," the whole process of wisdom, since he himself is both the origin of wisdom and the "place of understanding." (v.20) Because God knows himself perfectly, he then says, "and he knows where wisdom is found," that is, he knows himself in whom wisdom is perfectly found as in its first origin. …
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