Jerome, on 1Cor 15:41

“One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory.”

“The members of the one church are different. Just as the sun has its own brilliance, and the moon also tempers the darkness of the night. And the five other stars called the wandering stars traverse the sky, differing both in their courses and in their brilliance. There are other countless stars that we see shining in the firmament. The brilliance of each of these is different, and yet each and every star is perfect, according to its own standard, to the degree that, in comparison with a greater star, it lacks perfection.… So the eye cannot say to the hand: "I do not need your help."”

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