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Page 104
... Christian Church were devel- oping glosses on Christ's enigmatic stories , preachers were inventing their own to drive home straightforward lessons in good Christian conduct . For centuries , therefore , the model of parable that had ...
... Christian Church were devel- oping glosses on Christ's enigmatic stories , preachers were inventing their own to drive home straightforward lessons in good Christian conduct . For centuries , therefore , the model of parable that had ...
Page 105
... Christian synthesis . Over centuries of quar- relling , the timeless philosophy of the Greek allegorists was accommodated to the time - laden typology of the He- brew prophets and their Christian successors and at length achieved a ...
... Christian synthesis . Over centuries of quar- relling , the timeless philosophy of the Greek allegorists was accommodated to the time - laden typology of the He- brew prophets and their Christian successors and at length achieved a ...
Page 217
... Christian thought were reconciled : the permanent and uniform order of the Greek universe was given Christian form ; nature became sacramental , a symbolic revelation of spiritual truth . Classical literature was invested with this same ...
... Christian thought were reconciled : the permanent and uniform order of the Greek universe was given Christian form ; nature became sacramental , a symbolic revelation of spiritual truth . Classical literature was invested with this same ...
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