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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"If a blade is blunt and one has not sharpened the edge, nevertheless it strengthens the warriors. Wisdom is a more powerful skill. "If someone, he says, has seen himself lose knowledge of the Scriptures through negligence, and the shrewdness of his intelligence has been blunted, nonetheless he remains disturbed, and he would be just as he had been when he started. …
Bonaventure
If the iron has become blunt etc. Here he adds thirdly that the prelate who has in some way turned aside to evil is to be corrected, because he can be of value, although much labor is required. Therefore he says: If the iron has become blunt, that is, the edge of goodness and wisdom has been altered through fault in the prelate; and this not as before, supply "sharp," but has become dull, through fault; with much labor, namely of correction, it shall be sharpened, that is, it shall be restored to its former uprightness: Proverbs 27: …
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