“Let us take an example in the sun, which signifies in turn the Trinity, the wisdom of the Exemplar, the angelical order, and the Church Triumphant. The reference to the Trinity is found in Ecclesiasticus: "As the rising sun is clear to all, so the glory of the Lord shines upon all His works." The sun has substance, br…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 13
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16The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.
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14Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.
15I will now remember the works of the Lord, and declare the things that I have seen: In the words of the Lord are his works.
— Sirach 42:16 —
17The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
18He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their crafty devices: for the Lord knoweth all that may be known, and he beholdeth the signs of the world.