A citation from the library
Bonaventure, on Acts 2:3
Bonaventure · c. A.D. 1221–1274
Acts 2:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:”
On this verse:
“To appear denotes a sensible effect with express signification, as the Holy Spirit appeared in a dove. And since, just as the divine persons are distinct, so they can be distinctly signified both by signs and by names, therefore any person can appear by itself, and apparition can belong to all, whether together or to any one by itself. Whence that the Holy Spirit is said to have appeared in tongues of fire and in a dove, this is not on account of a new bond or a special effect, but on account of the union which exists between the thing signified and the sign specially and by manner and origin assigned to it.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.