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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
But men (who doubtless are many) who follow after things temporal, know not to say anything else, than, "Who shows us good things?" when the true and certain good within their very selves they cannot see. Of these accordingly is most justly said, what he adds next: "From the time of His grain, of wine, and oil, they have been multiplied." For the addition of His, is not superfluous. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "In peace," he sets forth the preeminence of spiritual things; as if to say, what among these excels? The certain gladness of the heart. And this is clear for a twofold reason. First, because this good will be eternal, but that is temporal; second, because it is one and simple, while that is manifold. The second he sets forth at "For you, Lord, singularly," etc. …
Bonaventure
Concerning this hierarch, then, and the ecclesiastical hierarchy, the whole of sacred Scripture exists, through which we are taught to be purged, illumined, and perfected, and this according to the threefold law handed down in it, namely of nature, of Scripture, and of grace; or rather according to its threefold principal part, namely the Mosaic law which purges, the prophetic revelation which illumines, and the evangelical teaching which perfects; or most especially according to its threefold spiritual understanding: the …
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