Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
As human beings consist of body, soul and spirit, so also Scripture consists of the body of letters, by which the ignorant man is benefited; and that is called “manual instruction.” Second, it consists of soul, that is, a higher meaning, which the one who is higher in learning understands. It also consists of spirit, that is, a more sublime and spiritual contemplation which those who are perfect understand and speak. Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, Fragment
