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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"I said of laughter, It is madness! And of joy, What does it accomplish?" Wherever we read "madness" the Hebrew text has "molal", which Aquila took to be "planesin", that is 'delusion' [Hier.. "error"], Symmachus has "thorubon", 'commotions' [Hier.. "tumultus".]. But the Septuagint and Theodotion as in many places, so too in this, also agree and translate it as "periphoran", which we, expressing word for word, can call 'revolution'. [Hier.. …
Bonaventure
On account of which he says: "I counted laughter an error," because it leads man astray: "and to joy I said: why are you vainly deceived?" because namely the one rejoicing in it is deceived. Laughter is outward, and joy is inward. Laughter deceives, because it offers good and in the end evil; Proverbs 14: "Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning takes hold of the ends of joy": and James 4: "Let your laughter be turned into mourning," because Luke 6: "Woe to you who laugh, for you shall weep." This laughter is the laughter …
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