“The second firmness of faith comes from the outstanding reputation of the witnesses. This consists in three things: the high reputation of their merits, miracles and martyrdom. The high reputation of merits belonged to the patriarchs. Hence in Ecclesiasticus: Let us now praise men of renown. The patriarchs did not per…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 9
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1Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
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— Sirach 44:1 —
2The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
3Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies: