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Proverbs 8:5

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You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!

Catechism · 1

  • §721Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

    Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling…

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Origen

  • “…lay aside their ignorance, and endeavour to obtain greater prudence, by listening also to the words of Solomon: “Oh, ye fools, be of an understanding heart,” and “Who is the most simple among you, let him turn unto me;” and wisdom exhorts those who are devoid of understanding in the words, “Come, eat of my bread,…” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. viii. 5.

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