The Gates

Portas suas habet mundus quibus stulte ingredi nititur ad Deum. Quae sunt corrupta sensualitas, et incesta cupiditas. Unde est: appropinuaeverunt usque ad portas mortis. Portae inferi sunt caeca dispensatio et dura obstinatio: Portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam. Portae coeli sunt humilis potentia, quae est porta ferrea ducens ad vitam, et amoris concordia, quae est porta orientalis. Hugo De Sancte Victore, Miscellanea, Liber VI, Tit XCIV De variis portis Source: Migne PL 177.802b

The world has its gates through which there is a foolish striving to draw near to God. They are corrupt pleasures and wretched desires. Whence 'They have drawn near to the gates of death.' 1 The gates of hell are blind inclination and hard obstinacy. 'The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.' 2 The gates of heaven are the power of humility, which is the iron gate that leads to life, and the harmony of love, which is the gate that faces to the east. 3 Hugh Of Saint Victor, Miscellanea, Book 6, Chapter 94, On the Different Gates 1 Ps 106.18 2 Mt 16.18 3 Acts 12.10, Ezek 44