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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And necklaces, and torcs, and pendants, and bracelets, and headbands, and diadems, and girdles, and brooches, and perfume vials, and earrings, and rings and gems hanging from the forehead. It describes the necklaces of women, and through these the insignia of cities: or, according to the anagoge, the various ornaments of virtues. Women have tiny bulla-shaped pendants that resemble the moon, which we transfer to the ornaments of the Church, which is illuminated by the sun of justice. …
Thomas Aquinas
119. In that day. Here he takes away artificial adornments from them: and first, things which pertain to the adornment of their members, second, things which pertain to the care of adornments, where it says, crisping pins, and looking-glasses (Isa 3:22). Concerning the first, he does two things: first, he takes away things which pertain to the adornment of parts; second, things which pertain to the adornment of the whole, where it says, and changes of apparel (Isa 3:22). …
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