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Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes about Understanding

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Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height

Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.

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Two, Understanding, Soul

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

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Understanding, Invisible, Invisible Things
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Aeterna Press (1908). “On Consideration”, p.102, Aeterna Press

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