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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"I bought slaves, male and female, and natives too; I also owned more possessions, both cattle and sheep, than all of my predecessors in Jerusalem." If we want Ecclesiastes, as we have said before, to refer to the person of Christ here too, then we are able to say "his slaves" who have the spirit of fear in servitude and desire more spiritual things in life than they already have. But we can also call the slave-girls "hearts [Hier.. "animas"]" that till now have been bestowed upon the body and upon the earth. …
Bonaventure
"I possessed servants." Here is touched upon secondly the curiosity regarding the multitude of those serving, because in both sexes; whence he says: "I possessed servants and handmaids;" and also in every age; whence: "And I had a great household;" 3 Kings 10: "The queen of Sheba, seeing the wisdom of Solomon and the foods of his table, the dwellings of his servants and the ranks of his ministers, had no more spirit in her." "Herds also." Here is touched upon thirdly the curiosity regarding the gathering of livestock and animals, …
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