“Since grace has been given to us to flee from superstitious error and to be joined to the truth and to serve the living and true God and to rise above creation—passing by all that is subject to time and motion—let us look at and reason on God and divine things in a way that corresponds to this grace given us. But let…”
Gregory of Nazianzus, 4th c. — ON THE HOLY LIGHTS, ORATION 39:8
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14To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.
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12The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart, and giveth joy, and gladness, and a long life.
13Whoso feareth the Lord, it shall go well with him at the last, and he shall find favour in the day of his death.
— Sirach 1:14 —
15She hath built an everlasting foundation with men, and she shall continue with their seed.
16To fear the Lord is fulness of wisdom, and filleth men with her fruits.