Isidore of Seville is known as the last great scholar of the ancient world. Isidore was not just a great scholar, but he was a great shepherd of the Church, having served as Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades. His fame spread even more after his death, as his great encyclopedia the Etymologiae assembled extracts of many books from classical antiquity that would have otherwise been lost. Here is a great quote of his, which speaks to us today: “The suffering of adversity does not degrade you but exalts you. Human tribulation teaches you, it does not destroy you. The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance for the next. The more we sorrow in the present, ..the greater will be our joy in the future.”
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