| Wisdom 7:25
| For she is a vapour of the power of God, and a certain pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty God: and therefore no defiled thing cometh into her.
| Glory. As St. Paul testifies of Jesus Christ, Hebrews 1:3. (Eusebius; Demon. Evang. 4:5.) --- It may also be understood of the wisdom given to the prophets and saints, ver. 27. Plato thought this to be a vapour, or fire proceeding from God. (In Protag. Philo. de Som.) --- Some apply the passage to the blessed Virgin [Mary]. (Cornelius a Lapide, 5:26.) (Calmet) See Proverbs 1:2. (Worthington)
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