Sermon 1 On the Annunciation
Bernard's sermon on the Annunciation, reflecting on the original state of man.
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Quoted on what the first man possessed: mercy, truth, justice, and peace
"Rightly therefore St. Bernard, Sermon 1 On the Annunciation: "What, he says, was lacking to the first man, whom mercy guarded, truth taught, justice governed, and peace cherished?""
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Cited on the image being burned but not burned up in hell; likeness lost through sin
"St. Bernard, Sermon 1 On the Annunciation"