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Psalms 89:7

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

..."God is very greatly to be feared in the counsel of the righteous, and to be had in dread of all them that are round about Him" [Psalm 89:7]. God is everywhere; who therefore are round about Him, who is everywhere? For if He has some round about Him, He is represented as finite on every side. …

Exposition on Psalm 89 ↗

Bonaventure

This counsel has been confirmed by the twelve Apostles and by the counsels of the Saints. If you want the testimony of the Saints concerning these counsels, seek Anthony, Paphnutius, and Macarius, who all resolved to observe these counsels. Seek the bishops Basil, Augustine, Martin, and Gregory; all were monks and resolved to observe the counsels and kept them. Seek also Benedict, who was an abbot; seek Dominic, seek Francis, who resolved that all these counsels must be observed. …

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 7 ↗