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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"I made for myself gardens and orchards and planted in them every kind of fruit tree. "In my treasure house are not only gold and silver dishes but even some that are made from wood and pottery. And even the gardens therefore are made on account of certain weaker and sick men, for anyone who is sick will eat vegetables. Trees are planted, not all of them fruit-bearing as we have in the Latin manuscripts, but of all fruits, that is of varied fruits and fruit-trees, because the grace of the Church is also varied. …
Bonaventure
"I made gardens and orchards and planted them with trees of every kind," for food: Song of Songs 6: "I went down into my garden to see the fruits of the valleys and to look whether the vineyard had flourished and the pomegranates had budded." Spiritually, gardens, that is, exterior enclosures; Song of Songs 4: "A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, my sister, my spouse." Orchards, that is, honorable and renowned works: Job 9: "My days have passed like ships carrying fruit," which, namely, leave behind a good fragrance: 2 Corinthians …
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