Paulinism; a Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology.
The book Paulinism; a Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology. was written by author Pfleiderer, Otto, 1839-1908 Here you can read free online of Paulinism; a Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology. book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Paulinism; a Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology. a good or bad book?
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The prohibition to eat swine signifies that we should :not be like men who are fond of pleasure ; that against eating eagles, hawks, and the like, refers to idlers and men who prey upon their fellows ; that against sea-fish refers to those who are . condemned to the depths of darkness through godlessness. But ■ as if these spiritual explanations were not sufficiently profound, .still further references to fleshly sins and unnatural abominations -are inferred from the silliest fables about the n...atural history of the hare, the hyaena, and the weasel, whereby for the- first time -exere reXeiav iTipl Trjs ^pwa-eaii; yvaxriv. Finally, the directions regarding ruminants with divided hoof is referred to those who ruminate upon the word of God with devout meditation, and -lead a righteous life. Moses and David understood all this'in a 124 PAULINISM AND ALEXANDRINE PHILOSOPHY. spiritual sense (eV Trvevfjiari, e\d\r}a-ev) ,hat they (the Jews), in con- sequence of their carnal disposition, had taken it as referring to food.
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