General Introduction to the Study Fo the Holy Scriptures
General Introduction to the Study Fo the Holy Scriptures
Francis E Francis Ernest Charles Gigot
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1 . Iii. §§ 3. 5, 6, etc. * Cfr. For inst. : Miscellanies, Book vi, chap, viii ; P^dag. , Book i, chap. Xi. '' Exhortation to the Heathen, chap. Ix. '■ Miscellanies, Book ii, chap, xxiii. HISTORV DK rilK l)t)i, -l'Rt NK OF I'. I I'. I. U'A I, 1 NSI'I k. \ I H )\. 487 the characteristic feature of false prophets. ' Yet this same divine influence made " ahiiost the whole of Scripture speak to us in an oracular language, "'^ the enignialic sense of which should be investigated with humility, patie...nce, and obedience to the tradition of the Church. Finally, he ap- peals to this inner allegorical meaning to vindicate the per- petual usefuless of many passages of the Holy Scriptures. The views of Clement were shared l)y his greatest ])upil, Origen ; with this difference, however, that the latter pushes them farther, with a view to solve the difficulties with which his personal study of the sacred text has made him acquainted. Like Clement, Origen professes his distinct belief in the inspired character of the whole Bible " and describes prophetical inspiration as something very different from heathen ecstasis : " We can show, " says he, " from an examination of the Sacred Scriptures, that the Jewish proph- ets, who were enlightened as far as necessary for their prophetic work by the Spirit of God, were the first to enjoy the benefit of the inspiration ; and by the contact — if I may so say, — of the Holy Spirit, they giincd a keener and a clearer intuition of spiritual truth.
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