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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"I amassed even silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and the provinces; I provided myself with various singers and musical instruments, and with every human luxury- chests and chests of them." Divine scripture always places silver and gold above speech and meaning. The dove in the sixty-seventh Psalm represents this too, which is interpreted as a spirit, and is more noticeable because of its silver wings, so that it hides the underlying significance of the pallor of gold. …
Bonaventure
"I heaped up for myself." Here is touched upon fourthly the curiosity regarding the heaping up of minerals, when he says: "I heaped up for myself gold and silver," as regards metals, "and the wealth of kings and provinces," as regards precious stones and gems; 3 Kings 10: "Each one brought gifts to Solomon: vessels of silver and gold, garments and weapons of war," and afterwards: "And he made it so that there was as great an abundance of silver in Jerusalem as of stones." He shows his excessive diligence in preparing such delectable …
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