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What the Fathers say

Revelation 7:8

Western Saints

Bonaventure

On the western side [of the city], there is a perfect sense of God. And this sense makes us contemplate, and as companions, it has the stability of repose and the excess of joy. For in repose there can be stability together with thinking and contemplating, that is, in the west, where there is repose, conciliation, darkness or entering into darkness. For this sense, there is need of the peaceful stability of the sublime mansion, the clear view of wise judgment, and the ecstatic excess of sweet consolation. …

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 23 ↗