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1 41(71) | Id., Epist. ad Laetam, 107, 9, 12.~
2 54(97) | Deus; cf. Ench. Bibl., n. 112. ~
3 48(83) | Deus; cf. Ench. Bibl., n. 114. ~
4 15(41) | inter epist. S. Hier., 116, 3. ~
5 4(13) | Id., Epist. ad Geruchiam, 123, 9; Epist. ad Principiam,
6 21(43) | Ibid., cf. Ench. Bibl., n. 124.~
7 4(16) | Marcellinum et Anapsychiam, 126, 3; Epist. ad Principiam,
8 51(89) | 31; Epist. ad Dardanum, 129, 6, 1.~
9 31(50) | Epist. ad Demetriadem, 130, 20; cf. Prov. 4:6,8.~
10 46(80) | cf. Ench. Bibl., n. 100-132.~
11 60(113)| 2; cf. Epist. ad eumdem, 134,1.~
12 2(5) | Jerome, De viris ill., 135.~
13 60(115)| Jerome, Epist ad Apronium, 139.~
14 55(102)| cf. Epist. ad Cyprianum, 140,1,2. ~
15 60(113)| Epist. ad Augustinum, 141, 2; cf. Epist. ad eumdem,
16 47(82) | S. Jerome, Tract. de Ps. 147; cf. Ps. 1:2, Wis. 16:20. ~
17 69 | Peter's, Rome, September 15, 1920, the seventh year of our
18 28 | 28.~ All this shows us how
19 46(81) | 447-451; Ench. Bibl., n. 300.~
20 34 | 34.~ How we are to seek for
21 46(81) | 1909; cf. A.A.S., I (1909) 447-451; Ench. Bibl., n. 300.~
22 46(81) | cf. A.A.S., I (1909) 447-451; Ench. Bibl., n. 300.~
23 47 | 47.~ We learn, then, from St.
24 51 | 51.~ Jerome then goes on to
25 55 | 55.~ As for methods of expounding
26 56 | 56.~ And here we may set down
27 59 | 59.~ He says much the same
28 60 | 60.~ And so it was with Jerome
29 62 | 62.~ As for toil, his whole
30 64 | 64.~ Small wonder, then, if
31 65 | 65.~ Hence was Jerome wondrously
32 66 | 66.~ In like fashion does he
33 67 | 67.~ Immense, then, was the
34 68 | 68.~ But we rejoice - and Rome
35 69 | 69.~ Delay not, Venerable Brethren,
36 14(37) | Id., Epist. ad Vitalem, 72, 2, 2.~
37 46(81) | electa, May 7, 1909; cf. A.A.S., I (1909) 447-451; Ench.
38 60 | endure much from heretics and abandoned men, especially when the
39 2(8) | Id., In Abdiam, Prol.~
40 2 | ventured on a Commentary on Abdias the Prophet. This "youthful
41 64 | and the Prophets as not to abide in them but from them to
42 9 | write; finally, that God abides with him unceasingly, in
43 | above
44 11 | state, of perseverance, of abstinence, and of the merit of good
45 24 | the title "father" here is abundantly clear from the whole context.
46 42 | without any trace of a Latin accent. We can see the same thing
47 29 | an argument which must be accepted. He refers without any discrimination
48 1 | Him the Catholic Church acclaims and reveres as her "Greatest
49 9 | fashion, until his task is accomplished. Whence the Saint infers
50 15 | alone had he been wont to accord such honor and reverence
51 44 | their use. Much again must accrue to the Church of God when
52 6 | From the outset he had accumulated the best possible copies
53 65 | the Cross? Men heap false accusations on me; yet I know that through
54 15 | results. Yet he would never accuse the sacred writers of the
55 28 | This we shall more readily achieve if you, Venerable Brethren,
56 33 | should speedily have to acknowledge you a leader amongst us.[52]~
57 55 | ever kept before him; he acknowledges that in his Commentaries
58 46 | Bible than they were able to acquire during their theological
59 | across
60 9 | to explain this power and action of God, the principal cause,
61 32 | the text and to his own acute judgment that the Vulgate
62 53 | explaining the mystery of Adam and Eve, did not deny that
63 39 | obstinately endeavor to adapt to their own views, the
64 33 | volumes. . . If you could but add to your wisdom and eloquence
65 27 | Evangelists - who, however, added much from their own imaginations;
66 31 | maiden Demetrias are really addressed to us all: "Love the Bible
67 1 | favorable an opportunity of addressing you on the debt we owe him.
68 24 | from the Old Testament, and adds: "Now unless a man believes
69 19 | certain recent writers really adhere to these limitations. For
70 38 | his strong insistence on adhering to the integrity of the
71 38 | lamentable state of heretics, and adjured them to return to their
72 60 | lives. But all good men admire him and love him.[114]~And
73 28 | therein an argument which admits of no exception and which
74 4 | business, and Pope Damasus admitted him into his court.[13]
75 24 | error, then a writer must adopt the ordinary forms of speech
76 2 | in Rome[7] he lived to an advanced age and devoted all his
77 44 | founded in your dioceses and affiliated to the parent Society here. ~
78 8 | is not merely content to affirm as a general principle -
79 8 | freedom under the Divine afflatus, each of them in accordance
80 60 | was with Jerome himself: afflicted with many mental anxieties
81 62 | not merely his writings afford the best example. Postumianus,
82 22 | are - no less than are the aforementioned critics - out of harmony
83 7 | the Greek; he translated afresh nearly all the books of
84 | afterwards
85 1 | raised up in successive ages saintly and learned men
86 38 | point in which I cannot agree with you: you ask me to
87 63 | be the chiefest and most agreeable result of a knowledge of
88 56 | of eloquence which simply aims at winning empty applause
89 57 | so that the birds of the air come and dwell in its branches'."[107]
90 47 | divine illumination on it?~Alas! many of God's ministers,
91 52 | mystical interpretations alleged by ancient writers; for
92 22 | XIII on the ground that he allowed that the principles he had
93 34 | in the past through the allurements of vice, he adopted a most
94 | although
95 39 | of the Supernatural Order altogether, and are thus led to deny
96 | am
97 21 | secondary elements, says in no ambiguous fashion that "those who
98 34 | prove a hindrance to his ambitions in this respect. Like the
99 32 | sincerely hope to see an amended and faithfully restored
100 59 | preserve his equanimity amid the conflicts of the world,
101 58 | I beseech you to live amidst these things. To meditate
102 22 | predecessor. After all, what analogy is there between physics
103 4(16) | Epist. ad Marcellinum et Anapsychiam, 126, 3; Epist. ad Principiam,
104 46 | his mouth, for he is the Angel of the Lord of hosts" (Mal.
105 45 | priest's duty to give an answer when asked about the Law.
106 7 | brethren who came to him, and answered letters on Biblical questions
107 4 | manuscripts,[15] as well as answering the many questions put to
108 61 | really good is the best antidote to evil. Hence he urged
109 25 | general belief of Christian antiquity when he says:~Holy Scripture
110 60 | afflicted with many mental anxieties and bodily pains, he yet
111 61 | morals, for he was always anxious "to present," unto Christ "
112 13 | of eyes will be plain to anybody who realizes that there
113 | anyone
114 63 | commenting on the words of the Apocalypse about the River and the
115 2 | attended the lectures of Apollinaris of Laodicea; but while I
116 15 | compelled, when he discovered apparent discrepancies in the Sacred
117 56 | whatsoever they say is God's law. Apparently they do not think it worth
118 33 | so no literature made any appeal to Jerome unless it derived
119 34 | childlike; turgid eloquence appealed mightily to me.[53] ~So,
120 22 | concerned with "sensible appearances" and must consequently square
121 25 | could not otherwise have appeared in the flesh and 'walked
122 32 | ancient version, since it appears to give us the sense of
123 24 | when it is question of such appellatives (as "father," etc), and
124 60 | who assailed her. So when applauding Augustine, his junior yet
125 14 | said here of the Gospels he applies in his Commentaries to the
126 60 | s Church - the divinely appointed guardian of God's Word.
127 5 | men versed in such studies appreciate its value more and more.
128 50 | compelled him to an ever-growing appreciation of its literal sense and
129 44 | when numbers of people thus approach this table of heavenly instruction
130 1 | centenary of his death is approaching we would not willingly let
131 32 | they. The said Vulgate, "approved by so many centuries of
132 60(115)| S. Jerome, Epist ad Apronium, 139.~
133 48 | refuted them by singularly apt and weighty arguments drawn
134 17 | faithfully commit to writing and aptly express with unerring truth;
135 60(114)| Postumianus apud Sulp. Sev., Dial., 1, 9.~
136 1 | THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, ~BISHOPS, AND ORDINARIES ~
137 67 | victory. Hence, too, his ardent love for the Holy Eucharist: "
138 37 | same form of words as the Arians employ.[60] ~
139 68 | If anyone is outside the Ark of Noe he will perish in
140 39 | against us; You know the arms and arts they rely upon."[68]
141 10 | Scripture. When controversy arose he had recourse to the Bible
142 | around
143 57 | has real beauty without artificiality:~There are certain eloquent
144 39 | us; You know the arms and arts they rely upon."[68] It
145 67 | His Cross and, with the ascending Lord on Olivet, be uplifted
146 29 | Mt. 5:19). Before His Ascension, too, when He would steep
147 35 | of the Holy Spirit, and asking his friends to do the same
148 26 | 26.~ Then there are other assailants of Holy Scripture who misuse
149 60 | clerics hate him, for he assails their criminal lives. But
150 8 | delivered to the Church. Thus he asserts that the Books of the Bible
151 17 | moved them to write, so assisted them as they wrote, that
152 37 | other leader save Christ, associate myself with Your Blessedness,
153 63 | love of Christ is ever associated with zeal of His Church;
154 57 | their eyes, we are well assured that they would prove of
155 43 | make progress in it, will assuredly find therein and will eat
156 60 | yet enthusiastic love he attached himself to the Roman Church
157 50 | precise meaning, too, that attaches to particular words has
158 18 | openly repudiate or at least attack in secret the Church's teaching
159 60 | him, for he never ceases attacking them; clerics hate him,
160 27 | apocryphal Gospels for "attempting rather to fill up the story
161 5 | I went to Alexandria to attend Didymus' lectures. I owe
162 2 | At Antioch I regularly attended the lectures of Apollinaris
163 50 | prudent reader not to pay attention to superstitious interpretations
164 59 | Eustochium, he says: "If aught could sustain and support
165 60(113)| Id., Epist. ad Augustinum, 141, 2; cf. Epist. ad eumdem,
166 61 | before them, that the sweet austerity of an interior life should
167 32 | by the Council of Trent "authentic," and the same Council insisted
168 45 | mere holy rusticity only avails the man himself; but however
169 28 | earnestly we must strive to avoid, as children of the Church,
170 57 | not win any credit unless backed by Scriptural authority,
171 57 | he must keep this in the background, for he must ever have in
172 17 | things which He himself bade them conceive; only such
173 63 | Yet has that stream twin banks, the Old Testament and the
174 5 | for my night-time teacher Baraninus! Like another Nicodemus
175 22 | general opinion or even on baseless evidence; neither do they
176 53 | but on that historical basis erected a spiritual interpretation,
177 67 | Lord's Body in his wicker basket, the Lord's Blood in his
178 33 | should find nothing more beautiful, more learned, even nothing
179 | became
180 37 | built upon that Rock. . . I beg you to settle this dispute.
181 35 | Commentaries on various books as he began them, and then rendering
182 12 | He was, you might say, begged to yield to me, and be led
183 | begin
184 | beginning
185 45 | 45.~ If, then, St. Jerome begs for assiduous reading of
186 13 | of Pope Damasus, he had begun correcting the Latin text
187 29 | is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to
188 61 | says very beautifully: "The believing soul is Christ's true temple.
189 60 | home is - as far as worldly belongings go - completely ruined by
190 51 | chestnut's hidden fruit beneath its hairy coverings, so
191 69 | year of our Pontificate. ~BENEDICT XV ~
192 32 | predecessor, Pius X, to the Benedictine Order - has been completed
193 33 | Scripture texts; and, as St. Bernard found no taste in things
194 58 | and fellow mystic": "I beseech you to live amidst these
195 | besides
196 41 | definite account of her Bible-reading . . .For her the Bible must
197 57 | into a tree so that the birds of the air come and dwell
198 10 | Mary was married after His birth we do not believe because
199 1 | PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, ~BISHOPS, AND ORDINARIES ~IN UNION
200 34 | do not see the light, I blamed the sun and not my own eyes.[54] ~
201 61 | might be holy and without blemish" (Eph. 5:27). How terribly
202 30 | from them most abundant and blessed fruit.~
203 37 | associate myself with Your Blessedness, in communion, that is,
204 69 | your flocks the Apostolic blessing.~Given at St. Peter's, Rome,
205 40 | Provided," he says, "our bodies are not the slaves of sin,
206 60 | many mental anxieties and bodily pains, he yet ever enjoyed
207 57 | and enervated; it is like boiled herbs and grass, which speedily
208 2 | Stridonia, in a town "on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia";[5]
209 60 | Bethlehem. Yet all this he bore with equanimity, like a
210 27 | wrote: "He who saw it has borne witness, and his witness
211 34 | sold all that he had and bought that field" (Mt. 13:44),
212 57 | air come and dwell in its branches'."[107] The consequence
213 56 | declaimer or a garrulous brawler; rather be skilled in the
214 31 | you should wear on your breast and in your ears."[50]~
215 35 | 35.~ But in a brief space Jerome became so enamored
216 45 | that are learned as the brightness of the firmament." What
217 46 | Venerable Brethren, to bring home to your clerics and
218 60 | conflict with wicked men brings on him their hatred. Heretics
219 34 | read Cicero even before I broke my fast! And after the long
220 29 | The Scripture cannot be broken" (Jn. 10:35); and consequently: "
221 45 | meritorious may serve to build up the Church of God, it
222 65 | His Resurrection."[125] Burning as he did with the love
223 4 | to Rome on ecclesiastical business, and Pope Damasus admitted
224 6 | from the library formed at Caesarea by Origen and Eusebius;
225 68 | prevent it. And surely this calamity must come if men persist
226 68 | at His disciples' prayer calmed the raging sea can restore
227 22 | false, and constitute a calumny on our predecessor. After
228 27 | truly,"[47] he says of the Canonical Scriptures: "None can doubt
229 41 | then she can learn the Canticle of Canticles without any
230 41 | can learn the Canticle of Canticles without any fear."[71] ~
231 32 | in the judgment of all capable men, preferable to any other
232 29 | Nazareth, or in His own city of Capharnaum, He took His points and
233 7 | passed his life at Rome, the capital of the world.~
234 12 | and lead them bound into captivity; then of the foes you have
235 27 | entire through witnesses who carefully committed to writing what
236 65 | soul freed from earthly cares, sought Christ alone, by
237 1(4) | S. Prosper, Carmen de ingratis, 57~
238 67 | is wealthier than he who carries the Lord's Body in his wicker
239 5 | Bible. So well did Jerome carry this out that even today
240 56 | they happen once to have caught men's ears by their ornate
241 39 | defenders of this holiest of causes as you can. They must be
242 42 | evil-disposed people may cavil at it: she determined to
243 42 | which I even now dare not cease studying lest it should
244 7 | for Holy Scripture that he ceased not from writing or dictating
245 60 | Heretics hate him, for he never ceases attacking them; clerics
246 63 | just given, does Jerome celebrate the intimate union between
247 13 | learnt this in the most celebrated schools, whether of East
248 45 | your own country regard you cell as your orchard; there you
249 15 | leave to impious folk like Celsus, Porphyry, and Julian."[40]
250 63 | either Testament seems to center around Christ; hence Jerome,
251 32 | Vulgate, "approved by so many centuries of use in the Church" was
252 47 | all delights.[82] And we certainly cannot do without that bread.
253 6 | texts to arrive at greater certainty touching the actual text
254 3 | betook to the desert of Chalcis, in Syria, to perfect himself
255 3 | to teach him Hebrew and Chaldaic.~What a toil it was! How
256 62 | the King brought into His chamber, to her by secret condescension
257 27 | now flowing in the same channel cannot be distinguished
258 42 | and so well that she could chant the Psalms in Hebrew, and
259 54 | but gently the lives and characters of the faithful.~
260 57 | folk who puff out their cheeks and produce a foaming torrent
261 51 | kernel in the shell, for the chestnut's hidden fruit beneath its
262 63 | Christ must ever be the chiefest and most agreeable result
263 57 | philosophical schools with their choice coterie of disciples.[109] ~
264 62 | the Spouse of Christ:~The choicest things of all the nations
265 43(75) | Imitatio Christi, 4, 11, 4.~
266 4 | the Prophets and Eusebius' Chronicle; he also wrote on Isaias'
267 41 | the Heptateuch, Kings and Chronicles, Esdras and Esther: then
268 68 | Would, too, that the Eastern Churches, so long in opposition to
269 6 | and discovered its ancient cities and sites either under the
270 59 | out of jeweled cups, be clad in silks, enjoy popular
271 55 | things, sets out the meaning, clears up obscurities, and is not
272 39 | that all Catholics would cling to St. Jerome's golden rule
273 45 | Daniel, too, at the close of his glorious vision,
274 30 | in seminaries, to follow closely in St. Jerome's footsteps.
275 65 | led, with Him he lived in closest intimacy, by imitating Him
276 23 | can apply to history and cognate subjects the same principles
277 40 | be able to detect false coin from true."[70]~
278 39 | can. They must be ready to combat not only those who deny
279 61 | Christian religion was the combination of toil with charity, that
280 43 | of the Bible. Whosoever comes to it in piety, faith and
281 1 | Since the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, had bestowed the Scriptures
282 12 | Scriptures and God's teaching to command us."[27] Once more, when
283 29 | break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men
284 18 | on this point.~We warmly commend, of course, those who, with
285 44 | the parent Society here. ~Commendation, too, is due to Catholics
286 35 | same for him. We find him commending to the Divine assistance
287 63 | around Christ; hence Jerome, commenting on the words of the Apocalypse
288 39 | the Pontifical Biblical Commission.~Would that all Catholics
289 22 | namely, what people then commonly thought, are - no less than
290 37 | with Your Blessedness, in communion, that is, with the Chair
291 58 | writes to Paulinus, "my companion, friend, and fellow mystic": "
292 6 | names or newer ones. In company with some learned Hebrews
293 50 | consult the original text, to compare various versions, and, if
294 34 | seemed to him unfit to be compared with Cicero.~My swelling
295 6 | Eusebius; he hoped by assiduous comparison of texts to arrive at greater
296 16 | the case that error can be compatible with inspiration, that,
297 56 | meaning of the text and compel the reluctant Scripture
298 27 | too, is due to narratives compiled by the faithful at other
299 11 | lest he should grumble and complain that he has been vanquished
300 25 | Thus St. Jerome is in complete agreement with St. Augustine,
301 60 | worldly belongings go - completely ruined by the heretics;
302 32(51) | Conc. Trid., Sess. 4 Decr. de
303 21 | only of Scripture or to concede that the sacred authors
304 19 | these limitations. For while conceding that inspiration extends
305 18 | learning - who in their own conceit either openly repudiate
306 50 | 50.~ These mainly concern the exegetes, yet preachers,
307 19 | notion is that only what concerns religion is intended and
308 20 | wisely remarks - we can never conclude that there is any error
309 66 | flesh with its vices and concupiscences - they will echo the words: "
310 45 | uncultured" whom Jerome condemns. Learned clerics sin through
311 62 | chamber, to her by secret condescension hath He put forth His hand
312 35 | devout frame of mind is conducive to the understanding of
313 34(53) | S. Aug., Confessiones, 3, S; cf. 8, 12.~
314 47 | fails to teach himself? What confidence can he have that, when ministering
315 58 | seed" of literature. For we confidently hope that his example will
316 53 | interpretation of all alike. In confirmation of this he often refers
317 48 | the Bible that we gather confirmations and illustrations of any
318 17 | Councils of Florence and Trent, confirmed by the Council of the Vatican,
319 14 | is nothing discordant nor conflicting";[38] consequently, "when
320 59 | his equanimity amid the conflicts of the world, it is, I reckon,
321 50 | and end, and so form a connected idea of the whole of what
322 67 | Palestine which had been consecrated by the presence of our Redeemer
323 57 | its branches'."[107] The consequence is that everybody hears
324 68 | side God the Creator and Conserver of all things! Surely whatever
325 19 | then, that in their view a considerable number of things occur in
326 8 | Catholic Church, firmly and consistently held that the Sacred Books -
327 1 | the faithful plenteous "consolation from the Scriptures."[1]
328 33 | of the Bible: this is so conspicuous in his letters that they
329 4 | Jerome betook himself to Constantinople, where for nearly three
330 22 | views are clearly false, and constitute a calumny on our predecessor.
331 39 | to their own views, the Constitutions of the Apostolic See or
332 33 | formerly senator and even consul, and only recently converted
333 47 | from heaven," the manna containing all delights.[82] And we
334 39 | Church, or who, through contempt of its teaching office,
335 12 | bonds of truth, then you can contend with adversaries; then you
336 24 | abundantly clear from the whole context. For St. Jerome "the true
337 4 | nothing distract him from continual occupation with the Bible,[14]
338 7 | watching nor expense, he continued to extreme old age meditating
339 14 | or statements which are contradictory, "there is nothing discordant
340 26 | would sharpen his keenest controversial weapons against people who
341 39 | Doctors"? For there are many contumacious folk now who sneer at the
342 38 | all earnestness for the conversion of those "who had quitted
343 3 | study. Here he engaged a convert Jew to teach him Hebrew
344 33 | consul, and only recently converted to the faith: ~If only you
345 45 | exhort in sound doctrine and convince the gainsayers."[77] ~When
346 52 | can we put on them the coping-stone of a spiritual interpretation.[95] ~
347 15 | case, but either that his copy was defective or that the
348 4 | Bible,[14] and the task of copying various manuscripts,[15]
349 7 | St. Paul's Epistles; he corrected the Latin version of the
350 13 | attacked him for "making corrections in the Gospels in face of
351 57 | schools with their choice coterie of disciples.[109] ~If the
352 17 | giving the definitions of the Councils of Florence and Trent, confirmed
353 15 | anything which seemed to run counter to the truth, he did not
354 44 | due to Catholics in other countries who have published the entire
355 45 | long as you are in your own country regard you cell as your
356 66 | the maiden Eustochium to courageous and lifelong toil for Christ'
357 4 | Damasus admitted him into his court.[13] However, he let nothing
358 53 | and foreshadowing the New Covenant, and whilst consequently
359 51 | fruit beneath its hairy coverings, so in Holy Scripture we
360 57 | win all the eulogiums they crave for! For myself, I prefer
361 57 | loquacity would not win any credit unless backed by Scriptural
362 65 | scoundrel and guilty of every crime - and, indeed, this is a
363 60 | him, for he assails their criminal lives. But all good men
364 18 | with the assistance of critical methods, seek to discover
365 66 | risen with Him and have crucified the flesh with its vices
366 67 | inexpressibly sweet to the soul, cry out: "Would that Rome had
367 38 | letter: "Meanwhile I keep crying out, 'Any man who is joined
368 67 | the Lord's Blood in his crystal vessel?"[128] Hence, too,
369 45 | think that to be without culture and to be holy are the same
370 59 | may drink out of jeweled cups, be clad in silks, enjoy
371 3 | and at the same time to curb "youthful desires" by means
372 24 | adopted the false views then current; he merely says that in
373 50 | interpretations such as are given cut and dried according to some
374 68 | things! Surely whatever cuts itself off from Christ must
375 55(102)| 36, 14, 2; cf. Epist. ad Cyprianum, 140,1,2. ~
376 2 | town "on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia";[5] that from
377 38(62) | Id., In Dan., 3:37.~
378 24 | etc), and when there is no danger or error, then a writer
379 55 | And he continues: "It is dangerous to speak in the Church,
380 45 | they will tell thee. . ." Daniel, too, at the close of his
381 51(89) | Marc., 1:13-31; Epist. ad Dardanum, 129, 6, 1.~
382 42 | learned, and which I even now dare not cease studying lest
383 47 | light to them that are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish,
384 67 | ours. . . Will the day ever dawn where we can enter His cave
385 68 | sprung to life again in these days. His voice calls upon us,
386 64 | lamp give when lit in the daytime? If the sun shines out,
387 12 | when showing Fabiola how to deal with critics, he says:~When
388 1 | of addressing you on the debt we owe him. For the responsibility
389 20 | the senses can never be deceived as regards their own proper
390 13 | Scripture from error or deception is necessarily bound up
391 20 | the external - and thus deceptive - appearance of things in
392 39 | the Apostolic See or the decisions of the Pontifical Biblical
393 61 | s true temple. Adorn it, deck it out, offer your gifts
394 56 | do not want you to be a declaimer or a garrulous brawler;
395 56 | tingle by their flowery declamations![104]~Again:~I prefer to
396 56 | extent he shrank from that declamatory kind of eloquence which
397 15 | otherwise. Indeed, I absolutely decline to think that you would
398 32(51) | Conc. Trid., Sess. 4 Decr. de ed. et usu ss. Iibrorum;
399 59 | the Ephesians, which he dedicated to Paula and her daughter
400 22 | Yet they are not afraid to deduce such views from the words
401 20 | this is a rash and false deduction. For sound philosophy teaches
402 15 | He continues:~Nor do I deem that you think otherwise.
403 65 | men good. Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the
404 51 | Scripture we have to dig deep for its divine meaning."[92]~
405 31 | the outset, then, we are deeply impressed by the intense
406 15 | either that his copy was defective or that the translator had
407 39 | train as many really fit defenders of this holiest of causes
408 41 | day she should give you a definite account of her Bible-reading . . .
409 17 | Then, after giving the definitions of the Councils of Florence
410 69 | 69.~ Delay not, Venerable Brethren,
411 59 | sacred mystery, anything more delightful than the pleasure found
412 47 | the manna containing all delights.[82] And we certainly cannot
413 8 | Author, and as such were delivered to the Church. Thus he asserts
414 68 | Apostolic dignity and duty demand. The voice of Jerome summons
415 31(50) | S. Jerome, Epist. ad Demetriadem, 130, 20; cf. Prov. 4:6,
416 31 | this subject to the maiden Demetrias are really addressed to
417 38 | at the same time Jerome deplored the lamentable state of
418 8 | but he also accurately describes what pertains to each individual
419 48 | Deus, said was so eminently desirable: "The Bible influencing
420 3 | same time to curb "youthful desires" by means of hard study.
421 43 | Jerome as our guide, never desist from urging the faithful
422 47 | desolation is all the land made desolate, for there is none than
423 47 | them" (Lam. 4:4); and "With desolation is all the land made desolate,
424 3 | point of giving it up in despair, and yet in my eagerness
425 52 | spiritual riches we seem to despise the history as poverty-stricken."[94]
426 14 | itself both passages are true despite their diversity."[39]~
427 40 | money-changers, we may be able to detect false coin from true."[70]~
428 2 | such studies. Nothing could deter him from this stern resolve.
429 43 | faith and humility, and with determination to make progress in it,
430 64 | not show. Not that I would detract from the Law and the Prophets;
431 45 | asked about the Law. In Deuteronomy we read: "Ask thy father
432 1 | whose task it should be to develop that treasure and so provide
433 56(104)| Id., Dialogus contra Luciferianos, 11.~
434 7 | ceased not from writing or dictating till his hand stiffened
435 8 | suggestion, or even at the dictation of the Holy Spirit; even
436 60 | who would not hesitate to die for the faith:~I rejoice
437 5 | Palestine, and when the Pope died he retired to Bethlehem
438 61 | with jewels while Christ dies of hunger in poverty?"[116]~
439 45 | firmament." What a vast difference, then, between a righteous
440 5 | did not lose through his different presentation of it. Men
441 9 | that St. Jerome in no wise differs from the common teaching
442 3 | What a toil it was! How difficult I found it! How often I
443 18 | new ways of explaining the difficulties in Holy Scripture, whether
444 15 | endeavor to unravel the difficulty. If he felt that he had
445 51 | Holy Scripture we have to dig deep for its divine meaning."[92]~
446 44 | will be founded in your dioceses and affiliated to the parent
447 54 | they would but obey the directions of Leo XIII, and not neglect "
448 34 | that at first he failed to discern the lowly Christ in His
449 68 | removal of every element of discord, in accordance with Christ'
450 14 | contradictory, "there is nothing discordant nor conflicting";[38] consequently, "
451 15 | when he discovered apparent discrepancies in the Sacred Books, to
452 29 | accepted. He refers without any discrimination of sources to the stories
453 57 | be intelligible; when I discuss the Bible I prefer the Bible'
454 7 | into Latin; day by day he discussed Biblical questions with
455 50 | be worked out, for "when discussing Holy Scripture it is not
456 55 | Scripture - "for amongst the dispensers of the mysteries of God
457 39 | reck little of, or silently disregard, or at least obstinately
458 59 | exhaust their wealth by dissipating it in pleasures of all kinds;
459 21 | sweeping aside all such distinctions between what these critics
460 19 | yet, by endeavoring to distinguish between what they style
461 24 | for history.[44] A strange distortion of St. Jerome's words! He
462 4 | However, he let nothing distract him from continual occupation
463 61 | society would recover from its disturbed state. Of this charity he
464 14 | passages are true despite their diversity."[39]~
465 31 | we shall derive from so doing not only the gains signalized
466 6 | of what he once wrote to Domnio and Rogatian:~A man will
467 2 | I would never accept his doubtful teaching about its interpretation.[11] ~
468 37 | it is your wish let them draw up a Symbol of faith subsequent
469 51 | presented in metaphorical dress and described figuratively."[90]
470 67 | Christ, Whose sweetness drew him so that he ran unfalteringly
471 50 | such as are given cut and dried according to some interpreter'
472 59 | may have their wealth, may drink out of jeweled cups, be
473 45 | the same thing, and who dub themselves 'disciples of
474 57 | birds of the air come and dwell in its branches'."[107]
475 29 | 29.~ Yet it is worthwhile dwelling on this point a little:
476 68 | reposing in the cave where he dwelt so long, Rome now possesses
477 2 | assiduously he toiled:~An eager desire to learn obsessed
478 60 | to the See of Peter, how eagerly he attacked those who assailed
479 3 | in despair, and yet in my eagerness to learn took it up again!
480 38 | he prayed, too, with all earnestness for the conversion of those "
481 68 | salvation. Would, too, that the Eastern Churches, so long in opposition
482 67 | Redeemer and His Mother. It is easy to recognize the hand of
483 43 | assuredly find therein and will eat the "Bread that cometh down
484 41 | Proverbs the way of life, from Ecclesiastes how to trample on the world.
485 68 | world listened to it when it echoed from the desert; yet Jerome
486 32(51) | Trid., Sess. 4 Decr. de ed. et usu ss. Iibrorum; cf.
487 8 | that they were written and edited by Him. Yet he never questions
488 32 | and faithfully restored edition. We have no doubt that when
489 45 | self-righteous lack of education" noticeable in some clerics,
490 57 | to practice, and if their elders would keep such principles
491 46(81) | Pius X, Vinea electa, May 7, 1909; cf. A.A.S.,
492 32 | accurately and with greater elegance than they. The said Vulgate, "
493 21 | call primary and secondary elements, says in no ambiguous fashion
494 29 | and Solomon, of Elias and Eliseus, of David and of Noe, of
495 57 | artificiality:~There are certain eloquent folk who puff out their
496 65 | and wrote just before he embarked:~Though some fancy me a
497 48 | Providentissimus Deus, said was so eminently desirable: "The Bible influencing
498 2 | treasure - to spurn "any emoluments the world could provide,"[9]
499 37 | form of words as the Arians employ.[60] ~
500 56 | whirlwind is only worthy of empty-headed men.[103]~And once more:~
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