Nests Of Wisdom

Nοσσιαὶ σοφίας αἱρετώτεραι χρυσίου νοσσιαὶ δὲ φρονήσεως αἱρετώτεραι ὑπὲρ ἀργύριον... Νοσσιαὶ σοφίας εἰσὶν αἱ Ἐκκλησίαι, ἢ αἱ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ σκηναί·σοφία δὲ, Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱός ἐστιν. Νοσσιαὶ δὲ φρονήσεως αἱρετώτεραι ὑπὲρ ἀργύριον, αἱ πρακτικαὶ ἀρεταί· δικαιοσύνη, γνῶσις, σοφία, σωφροσύνη, ἀνδρεία, μακροθυμία, ἀνεξικα κία, ἀοργησία, ἐλεημοσύνη, πίστις σὺν ἐλπίδι καὶ ἀγάπῃ· δι' ἃς ὡς κλίμακος βαθμίδας, εἰς τὰς τῆς σοφίας σκηνὰς εἰσιέναι ἀκώλυτον τοὺς ἀνιέναι καὶ οἰκῆσαι βουλομένους. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας, Κεφ ΙϚ´ Source: Migne PG 17.196a

The nests of wisdom are more preferable than gold, and the nests of prudence more than silver... 1 The nests of wisdom are the Churches, or the dwelling places of heaven, but wisdom itself is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The nests of prudence, more preferable than silver, are the practice of virtue, justice, knowledge, wisdom, temperance, fortitude, long suffering, patience, mercy, alms giving, faith with hope and charity, by which, as by the rungs of a ladder, one enters to the dwelling place of wisdom, with nothing hindering the one who wishes to ascend and dwell there. Origen, On Proverbs, Chap 11 1 Prov 16.16 Sept