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What the Fathers say

Proverbs 8:12

Western Saints

Bede

I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, etc. Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in their midst (Matthew XVIII).

Commentary on Proverbs ↗

Bonaventure

The first counsel is that by which we are instructed to discern what is lawful, what is fitting, and what is expedient according to the judgment of right reason. Whence in Proverbs: 'I, wisdom, dwell in counsel and am present among learned thoughts.' 'I dwell in counsel,' namely that by which a man is instructed to discern what is lawful, what is fitting, and what is expedient according to the judgment of right reason. …

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 7 ↗