Bonaventure, on 1Tim 3:15

“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

“The earth which the Spirit has filled is the ecclesiastical hierarchy; he "who weighs the mass of the earth with three fingers," because he founded the holy Church upon the divine utterances. The sacred utterances are for its stability. The Apostle says to Timothy: "I write to you, Timothy, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth."”

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