Jerome, on 1Cor 12:21

“And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help; nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you.”

“The church has real eyes: its teachers and leaders who see in sacred Scripture the mysteries of God.… It also has hands, effective persons who are not eyes but hands. Do they plumb the mysteries of sacred Scripture? No, but they are powerful in works. The church has feet: those who make official journeys of all kinds. The foot runs that the hand may find the work it is to do. The eye does not scorn the hand, nor do these three scorn the belly as if it were idle and unemployed.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.