Bonaventure
Medieval
c. A.D. 1221–1274
“The gift of fortitude is given by God protecting. For God protects us according to hierarchical ordering, fortifying us within and without. It is written in Proverbs: "The name of the Lord is a most strong tower; the just man runs to it and shall be exalted." Fortitude is, as from a solid, sublime, and strong principle, from God; and the eternal God is the origin of fortitude in all things, because nothing is powerful nor strong except through the fortitude of the first principle. Therefore this fortitude descends from God protecting us as from the first principle according to hierarchical dispositions; which fortitude renders every man rich and secure and powerful and confident.”