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11 Sept 2020

The Helm And The Head


Et galeam salutis accipite.

Propter  galeam salutaris, omnes in capite nostro sensus integri perserverant: et maxime oculi, de quibus in Ecclesiaste Salomon ait: Sapientis oculi in capite ejus. Sciebat enim quod esset viri caput, et quinam isti oculi in viri capite collocati. Si enim caput viri Christus est, et oculi sapientis in capite ejus sunt, sequitur ut omnis noster sensus, mens, cogitatio, sermo, consilium, si tamen sapientes fuerimus, in Christo sint. In Christo autem Verbo, lumine, justitia, veritate, cunctisqu virtutibus.


Sanctus Hieronymus, In Epistolam Pauli ad Ephesios, Liber III, Cap VI


Source: Migne PL 26.551c-552a
And take up the helm of salvation. 1 

On account of the helm of salvation, the health of all the senses of our head are preserved, and especially the eyes, concerning which Ecclesiastes says, 'The wise man has eyes in his head.' 2 For he knows what is the head of a man, and that these eyes are placed in the head of a man. For if the head of a man is Christ, and the eyes of the wise man are in his head, it follows that all our senses, mind, thought, word, and deliberation, if indeed we are wise, are in Christ. Indeed, in Christ the Word, with light and righteousness and truth and every virtue.

Saint Jerome, Commentary On The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians, Book 3, Chap 6

1 Ephes 6.17
2 Eccl 2.14


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