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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Remember that thou knowest not His work, of Whom men have sung. In Holy Scripture sometimes Angels, and sometimes persons ['homines'] of perfect life, are called 'men.' ['viri.'] For that an Angel is sometimes called a man, the Prophet Daniel bears witness, saying, Behold, the man Gabriel. [Dan. 9, 21] And again, that persons of perfect life are called by the name of 'men,' Wisdom declares in the Proverbs, saying, Unto you, O men, I call. [Prov. …
Thomas Aquinas
He begins as a result to show clearly that man cannot examine the ways of God, which are his works, saying, "Remember that you are ignorant of his work about which men sang." These are the wise, whom he calls men because of the strength of their souls. He says, "they sang," because of the ancient custom of the wise who represented divine and philosophical things in verse.
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