In his view, this ‘practical wisdom’ was “the foundation of the edifice and the edifice itself”, logic was its “embellishment”, and contemplation its “crown”. He wrote thousands of epistles. His surviving writings contain deep theological reflections…
It is the tradition of the Holy Church to commemorate after great feasts the saints who had a part in them. On the day following the Meeting of our Lord, we remember two people who knew about the coming of the Saviour and spent many years waiting…