The men of whom Matthew speaks were not just
astronomers. They were wise. They represent the inner dynamic of religion
towards self-transcendence, which involves a search for truth, a search for the
true God and hence philosophy in the
original sense of the word. Wisdom,
then, serves to purify the message of science: the rationality of that message
does not remain at the level of intellectual knowledge, but seeks understanding
in its fullness, and so raises reason to its loftiest possibilities.
--Pope Benedict
XVI,
Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy
Narratives
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