“In Ecclesiasticus it is written: "The firmament on high is His beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew." And here, three things are touched upon: loftiness, stability, and beauty. For this vision of faith is lofty, stable and beautiful. This faith is most noble, most solid and most splendid.”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 8
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1The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew;
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In context
— Sirach 43:1 —
2The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
3At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?