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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Clement of Alexandria
A pearl, and that pellucid and of purest ray, is Jesus, whom of the lightning flash of Divinity the Virgin bore. For as the pearl, produced in flesh and the oyster-shell and moisture, appears to be a body moist and transparent, full of light and spirit; so also God the Word, incarnate, is intellectual light, sending His rays, through a body luminous and moist.
Western Saints
Jerome
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. Upon finding one exceedingly precious pearl, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. In other words, the same thing as was said above. The good pearls that the merchant seeks are the Law and the Prophets. Listen, Marcion; listen, Manichaeus: the good pearls are the Law and the Prophets, and the knowledge of the Old Testament. …
Thomas Aquinas
He went and sold, i.e., he abandoned all the teachings both of the prophets and of the philosophers for this one. Prov 25:12: as an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he who reproves a wise man and an obedient ear, etc. Gregory says this is the heavenly glory, because a good is naturally desirable, and a man always wants to exchange a lesser good for a greater good. …
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