Fathers

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What the Fathers say

Exodus 20:2

Western Saints

Bonaventure

For knowing the Creator, he says: I am the Lord your God. In that he says Lord, he intimates the power of the Father. In that he says God, he intimates the wisdom of the Son. In that he says your, he intimates the benevolence or goodness of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, in that he says I, he denotes the identity of essence, and in this he intimates God as triune and one, Creator of all things. There follows: Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; here he intimates the gift of restoration through the incarnate Word. …

Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 2 ↗