Proverbs 9:1 Douay-Rheims

Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

Gregory of Nyssa

c. A.D. 335–395 Patristic

We say, therefore, that when he said in his previous discourse that wisdom built a house for itself, he is speaking enigmatically about the formation of the Lord's flesh. For true wisdom did not live in someone else's building but built a home for itself from the Virgin's body.

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A.D. 395 · on Prov 9:1 (AGAINST EUNOMIUS 3:1.44)

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