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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Gold will come from the north. And from God fearful praise. What is designated by the 'north,' but the Gentile world, fast bound in the cold of sin? Which he held under the yoke of his tyranny, who proudly said, I will sit in the mount of the covenant, in the sides of the north, I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. [Is. 14, 13. 14.] And what is expressed by 'gold,' but faithful souls? Of which it is said by Jeremiah, How is the gold become dim? the finest colour is changed? [Lam. …
Thomas Aquinas
Sometimes shiny objects are discovered in dark places. The Northern region is called dark because of its distance from the sun, and yet much gold is discovered in Northern regions which is one of the most glittering metals. This is caused by heat withdrawing deep into the inner bowels of the earth, because of the chill of the all-encompassing air, it works more efficaciously there to produce gold, and so he says, "Gold will be produced by the wind," as if to say: Gold is more plentiful in the part of the earth blown by the North …
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