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What the Fathers say

Psalms 84:7

Western Saints

Bonaventure

Whoever therefore wishes to ascend to God must, having avoided the fault that deforms nature, exercise the aforementioned natural powers toward reforming grace, and this through prayer; toward purifying justice, and this in conduct of life; toward illuminating knowledge, and this in meditation; toward perfecting wisdom, and this in contemplation. …

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum, Chapter 1 ↗