“The loftiness of faith consists in two things: the extreme of altitude and the extreme of depth. Concerning the first, Ecclesiasticus says: "Heaven's height, earth's breadth, the depth of the abyss: who can explore these?" As if he were saying, above all human reason there is the understanding of this: faith's loftine…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 8
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3Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom?
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1All wisdom cometh from the Lord, and is with him for ever.
2Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?
— Sirach 1:3 —
4Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
5The word of God most high is the fountain of wisdom; and her ways are everlasting commandments.