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What the Fathers say

Proverbs 4:10

Eastern Fathers

Clement of Alexandria

There is only one way of truth, but different paths from different places join it, just like tributaries flowing into a perennial river. So these are really inspired words: "Hear, my son, and accept my words, to have many paths of life. I am teaching you the ways of wisdom, so that its springs may never fail you"—that is, those which spurt from the same soil. He is not merely affirming that there is more than one path of salvation for a single righteous person. …

The Stromata Book 1 ↗

Western Saints

Bede

Listen, my son, and accept my words, etc. That is, so you may receive the gifts of eternal life.

Commentary on Proverbs ↗