Bernard of Clairvaux
12th century · AD 1153 · Pre-Schism Western · 289 passages
Background on Bernard of Clairvaux
In his own words on Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 17:5
All things which are good, even those of which man is the agent, really come from God rather than man. "It is the spirit," we are told, "that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer." Hence there is a curse on the man who puts his trust in man, for although our whole hope rightly depends on God made man, it is not because he is man but because he is God.
Sermons on the Song of Songs, Sermon 10
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