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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Which flow from the clouds. Which cover all things above. For these whirlpools do indeed flow from the clouds; because, if the power of understanding did not begin with the holy Apostles, it would not flow more fully through the mouths of teachers. For by 'clouds' in Holy Scripture, sometimes fickle men, sometimes Prophets, sometimes Apostles, are designated. By clouds the fickleness of the human mind is expressed; as Solomon says, He that observeth the wind, doth not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds, doth never reap. [Eccles. …
Thomas Aquinas
Such an abundance of rain seems wonderful if the origin of rain is considered, because so much water bursts forth from the clouds which have no solidity, and as to this he says, "which," the torrents "flow from the clouds" not because such rain exists in act in the clouds, but because the vapors themselves of the clouds gradually condense into rain. …
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