XX. De igne et virtutibus.
XX. De igne et virtutibus.
The Holy Spirit is truly an unquenchable fire, which can never be extinguished, and He gives all good things, ignites all good things, raises all good things, teaches all good things, and grants speech to man in His flame. For he, like fire, shows humility through strong forces in its ardor, which underlies everything and is considered the least of all. And that fiery ardor has a chill, namely, patience, and a moisture in benevolence, which circulates everywhere, and which is the work of humility, the foundation of sanctity, which builds up to the heights through the air, where even evil spirits are so stirred that they are brought to nothing.
Read the original Latin
Sanctus enim Spiritus vere ignis inextinguibilis est, qui nunquam extingui potest, et qui omnia bona dat, omnia bona accendit, omnia bona suscitat, omnia bona docet, et qui in flamma sua homini loquelam tribuit.
Ipse enim velut per fortes vires ignis in ardore suo humilitatem ostendit, quae omnibus subjacet, et quae se omnium iniimam aestimal.
Et ardor ille geliditatem, scilicet patientiam habet, et humorem in benevolentia, quae ubique circuit, et quae opus humilitatis estac fundamentum, quod sanctitas velut per aerem in celsitudinem aedificat, ubi etiam maligni spiritus ita commoventur, quod ad nihilum rediguntur.
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