Genesis 1-11 (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament, Volume I)

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....t_"" .... M.oIo............ ,........"""oilo ... .t...ra..BoloIot......t .... Gemo, .... lrt of many lennium, Thi. se.. i" stands ull.lpologerkall)· as a practical homiletic and devotioll.lJ guide to the earliest layers of dusk Chnstian rt:aci,nll' of biblical tuu. It intends ro be. brief compendium of reil .....

0"'" on parricular Stpruagin•• Old Larin and Ne..' Tcstament teXU bj'iMirariicst Ch riJtian ;n,(1" prcrcn. Hen« " is not a COtnJIItfttar')' b)' modem .undarch. but " is • commenW}' nandardsof thoae who anteceded and formed the wis of the modern commentary.

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nnnpor_OI........!Srnp ...... ~, an efficient and co,,·eA"«otive deploymen, ofhunun Tt...,u" ... and an abundance of potential material for future studies in the hi,di,ion. temain parr of th e rec,,!:,ni:ec ,,,non ,o: Iil.

Roman Catholic and Onhodoz rradiriom.. While SOme booIu of Ihe Bibk a..., rich in wne·br·vene p;nrin;c commenta.ries (nolabl)· Gene·

5;'. PJajnu, Song of$olomon.lsaiah. Matthew.john arw:! Rontan$). the..., are many othen du, art lacking in ;n"","" (ommena"", from this earlypcriod. Henu W1: have not limited our seard.es [0 these IOrmal commm=iao. but sought a1lusiolli. analogies. crosJlUCllta.ti... refl,ctions of ancient Chriatian wnren on a gi... n biblical paauge For \\'hom b T hi, Co mpe ndium Duigncdl WehawchoscnandonlertdthtiCsckctionsprimarilrforagenerallayreadingaudienaof"""J'fD' ~

who srud)' the Bible reguIarIj' and who urnest!y wiah ro have dusic Chtiman obscr....

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a'-.ilabk ro them. In vud)' difFcnng culrural ...rnnS'. comcmporary la)'

readen are uking h"",.. Ihq· mighl grasp the meaning of oacrcd "",.. ungh~'~ mCert.Jts in taNal mo.phology- or hi.roncai-crillcal issues arw:! ipccularions. Though thac ",main crucialconccmlfor ipccialilts.the),arcno!!heparamounlintel'Cllofehetllj' and cit.n t.nd.:ntiowJ,.. W. haw: clear and indisputabkcvidcnoc of the: prevailing modem contempt fur dauic uegais. namely m..t the ut.",.;w: and once lWthoritatlw: da.uic commtnUrle$ on Scnprurt W1l ",oWn unrran$lawl into modem languages.. Even in Chma this Iw not happened ", dauic Buddhm and Confucian rommcntarieo.. This "Y"Ctn.lrX mndem ICholarlj' neglect is S«tl nOI only among Protuun .... bUI all is wide· Ip...,ad among Cathnlics and cy.n OrthndOl:, wh • ..., ironit. Bapnsu Wlrn Roman Cornolics. Rdonned wich Armin,:ms and charlsmaria. AngLcans wilh Pcnteco.sw... high with low ch urch adhere nu. and prcm Ing inferna.ional ",hola.. in ancient Christian writings and the hisl0t')· of exegesis. Among Easlern Orthodoxcontribu.on an: Profcsa.onAndrc ... Louth olDurham University in England and ~ Dragas ofHol)' Croa (Greek 0nh0C1en: u~is;V.'h.a: accoun,. for rh" rapid and balic rcvfl"lai of mood among the inherilon of che lrad,tioru of Prmcaan, rcvn-al · "m!!tI.pamrbccaUlt,h.C\·angclicaln'ad"ionh.... beenlongdcpnvcdo:anr '·,talcontactwm: theMe patn.tic &ourcu lIn« ,h. dars oflu.hcr. c..lvin and WtlIler. ... ho kII . ,,· them wet.

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Thil commmtary iI dediated to allowing ancient Chriltian extgeles to sPc»: for d>tmsclvcs. h will not becorn~ fixo..d unilaterally on conrcmporarycriricilm.lt wm provid$: Step I: ~"t <WInl Gm*.....! LItl" t""' .......to>ria.. The volume editors have bttn rcaponsibk for auniningme lLM-by-linecommenuncsand homilies on tht reno m.eir voIumccovcn..Mud. of mil material mnains untranslated into Englim and JOme of it mto an)' modem language. Step 2: RMewtnl d'gl. 10 say noth· ing of w:lesiutical, ",cramenlal and dogmatic assumptions thar haYu .~o!,,",

.k,K't PO"''' of disagrttment WIth Augustine.

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John Chrysos.orn. Augustin •. and Grtgor}' the Great.. Our editors hue presen.ed this monummal pas.oraI wisdom In

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"'crap)·. lOcioIog)· andnatun.li'licrod .. ctioniam. T"","",,,,,, tlotory. Each \IOI..mt. is compoiod of dir«t quotlOOOU in dynamic oqui,.um. English t",ouI'Oon of anCIent Ch..uti.an write ... I",ndated. from the originallangulge in iu belt received

.crI.The adcq..acy of a given a[tempt al translation is al"",l" chaIImgubI~ The task of I",oulation ;..ntnlUic.allydcb.atabk..W.ha"" .....ghtdynamic.quivalcncy" withoutlaps.ingin ... panphrue. and. b.crary .ranslatiOll without lapsing in.o wooden li.eralism. W. have rri.d ron,ist.nd), 10 makc:ac,cuihl.,o,onrcmporaryrcadcnthcvitalnwonc.. andcnergiesofthc languagesof anliq. wt)". Whm....". pouible .... have opted for metaphors and •• l11li that:on: normalJr wed b)' commu , n,ca.Ortt todar· \\llu, Have W. Achin.d! We h,,'c desIgned the first full·sale earl)' Chrilt1an commentary on Scripturt. in the last five hun· dred yean. An)' future a"cmpu a. ,Chr,,,ian Talmud or p,tr"ric commentary on Scrip.u,.., will tirl>crfoUowmuchofourdcsignoTatanclinaomc:.;gnif"t.cantlUf'O'UCtoit.

W. h,,,,, sucuu/Ull)' brought together a distinguished international nClWOr-K of Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox scholars. dirors and.ranslarors ofthc h.ighes< q..witj' and reputltlon.o accomplishthia da'~. '.",. .......,.".,........~

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... _ _ "'"-'chIr-u.l .... ~.s...... of the leadership. 'pac., libr1!"}" won.·study auistancc and "rvie.. that ha.... enabled th..., dUr1bl • •mcrNtionalKholarl),projccumbcund.rtaUn. Our .dflCN bcnefacwn tu..., prcfCrr«l m remain ilIlOI>ym<Ml$- Thq ha .... been weIl·informed . • rove parmen.n ,u conccptuali:ation and dc:...,lopment, and unflagg1Rg advoc.o.res and cou1UCl~ .n the support of thi.length)' and eo;sdr effort. The K ria h... h«n bleucd br &lead)' and generow .uppor.. andaccomp"nied bJ'1R numerablegifuofprovid.ncc. TnomasC.oaen Henry An""" Ihot!: PmfelSOr ofTh.olog)·. Dr.... Uni .... rsiry, General Ecinor, ACes

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GUIDE TO U S ING THI S CO MM ENTAR.Y

$eYe"! fu[Uru havc bttn incorpor.ot«! jnh) me design of mis commentary. The following corn· rrltntlareintclKkdto;tUistl"UdcrsinmUingNlluseofmilWliumc.. Pericopu ofScri p.".c Thell.""'h ... bttndividrointo~ricopt$.orpu.agcs,,,ou.al.lrsc:vcral"erouinlen~. Each of pmcopa is pen a heading. ..mid! appcan at me btginning of me ptrirope. For

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cumple. the first pcrioopc in me commentary on Genesi. io'I:1 The Beginning of Crcarion: Tn ... he>ding u fOllowed by me Scripru,.., passage quoted in me Revised S"",dard Version (RSV ) ""mu the NIl width of the ","gc.. The Scriptun: puoage is prorided for the COIl",nima: of TUdcn. but ,t U also in hepmg wim medic,,,", p.. ri.ric commentaries, in which the citalio", of the Fathers wc,.., arranged around the ten of Scripture..

FoUOWlng each ~rico~ of text i.J In overv,ew of the patn"i, commentS on that ~rkopc.. The for. mat ofd"s ovcrview varies W1min m.: WliumeoofmisKoo,depcn.dingon me~ircmcntSofthe sp«ilk book of Scriprurc.. The funcrion of me ovcrview is to provide a brief summar}' of all me commentS 10 roUo.... It rrad<S a rclSOrulbl)' oohcli", thread of argument among patriotic commentS. evcn though they a,..,duivcd fromdiw:nclOUn:aand generaI10"'. Th", thc.umm.oorieldo nO! p""i.:lIly valuable. A footllote number dirccu me reader 10 Ih. notes al the bottom of the righl.hand column. where in addirion ID other notations (darificotion. or biblical CIDSS refcrcnces) one will find information on Englishtr:mslaliom (wherea,.,.;]able) and standard originaJ·]anguagco editions of the work cited. An abbreviatedcita,ion (normaJlydrin gthebook.vol· ume and page number) of ,he won: i. pIDvided except in ascs where a line·by·line commemary is beingquoled.in which case thc biblical rererences will lead. directly ID Ihe..,lcction.A ke)'to the abbrcviation.i.providedonJ»ges"".""i _Wh erctherci$anrseriousambiguitrortc~tualproblem

in mc..,leaion, we have tried to reOect thebes,a"ailable lenua.l ttadition. For the convcnience of computer datain.se users the digital database rcfertnceo a ... pl"tWided t 0 either the Thesaurus Lingua Gtaeae (Greek lexu ) 01" 10 me Cel.dO(" (Latin texts) in the appendix foundonpagesln.s2.

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"Theo.lone survivins.

wgcdw:. with reprtsmUII ..... of the whok anirnal Iungdom. Sudl ...t.oIc:$>.Ic pwUshrnem of hunun wickedna. ...·as not,how.:¥u, to be thc rult.and thc rainbov.. bcamethe sign and pLedge ofGod',_·· enan[ with humankind. made with Noah (me Noachkcoyonan,. Gen ~8-1 7). After lhe flood, Noah and his dtsCe,.,\an[l btgan on« again 10 csub\i$h a wa)' of He in lhe fall.n world. No..h bccam.c" farmer and planlW a ";ncr~,":1 (Gcn ~20). His first upmments WIth .... n. m.olung, howeVI'T,we", unl"orrunatc: h. succumbed rodrunk.nf\Cl,Sandendcd up " . etched OUI ,n his tent with hi' clothes in diumI)·.ln thi' phase ofhuman development. citic, began to be estab· lished.: Sabylon and Nm ... eh an mentioned (Gm 10:10-11), Bul il became :opparcn: tha, human lIII>damr manif..s: in ti>o building up of otd.rtd human communirios, IUch as ci';"". could ;,... d>r«ted

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pride agaJl\st God and hi, purposc.s for humankind. and al the [owe. ofBabcl (or ·con·

fusion: as the Scptu.aglm has it) human soIidaritr was broken by lhe confusion of longues. the c... · ation ofdiffCf'C'"languages.

Ir wa$ in rhil divided work! thar Ab",m wuoom among the ChaJdcaru.. (N~im~rrheGtftk Sepruagint nor the Latin Vulpre rccogniud Ur ua place name:: u.. Grttk rnns.Lara" as"place: Je.ome We. it to mean "fin" and. in a lcamtd note. connccu it with the fi~ won.lllp of the: ancient ~.ria",.) GeneJU 11 ends with Abnham leaving the Chaldean. and ",rding in Ha .... n in Mcsopoto.mU. wh....., he rtaiYCd God', eaU (0 joumcy "ill further and become the father of a ra. I'IlI.tion (~I2:I .}).Withthatcall~com"",natheM"«>Unuofu..p...riuch " ofthcKYeW>OIl of the God of Abnham and iAac and Jacob. of the caJ]ing of the people of ls",d and the whole IIOry

of rhe Old TeJ.ament. in which rhe~ emetge5. so Chri •• ian. with the Fn""rs believe. me hO!'" for .he coming Mcui2h. a hop
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rua£ln, was the version of the Old T."am.n. ma. m.,. "'.re acc ....lIom.d

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that Chriltianinean world. and

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wing. It wu in Gre.k tht SoplWIg,n•• o

which Chrislian preach.", and mi$lionariu appealed as m. Scripture. The s..ptuaginl l ion

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for m. mO$t part, in Ih. N.wTutpt ",ill, TrypI>o tbtJ<w.• WQrl< belonging to rnt m;d·serond cenrury). NMl' 1.... mJ..lioru, 11>< Hu4pk In the rouUe of the .econc cen",ry·. "anous tr""sla,ocs - Aq ui!a, and Loter Symmachus and TneOOo[ion-proviGtd G",d: versions closer

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the origi nal Htbre"·.

>s..M . M~.n._lIoloWenhadbei'ou them and on whid. they WCTC rommenting.

s.p'''''f'''' ,,,"","1>Jrvm I.... HoMo",;" G......'l .ll. Aput from individual varillllt readings. thcu au twO

uriking group' 0( varianu in the firs. deven chap.ers of GeneroU. born of which m.o.nifcst them-

selYeromos.sharp/yintheg3. wheu Ad.tm i. I.. nwttd

1>]' modern traJUlafions ,.."the m.o.o," ..-hile the Scptuagim seca lhe name Ad..m). Or.t ..... y idmtify a Hebw.' pbce name (thc mOl'l mwng aampk being the idmrifiC1DOn of rhe "B:abe[" of Ge-n 10:10 with &bylon ) Or fail to idmtify a place name identified by modem scholars (e.g.. in Gcn 10:6. 13. wher], Augustine. who h""· ..·er nottO ma: $udl concct>On of the Scpruagin: br

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Hcbnwwu warnulltd only if rMre war. rc»on COlUppoK that mett had bttna simpk rnisuh. for me oevcnry wen: co be regarded, as we have seen.

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simply 1.1 t .... nslato ... but as enjoying the free-

domofproph«£.· C r iticI1Proble".. ofC mpo"itionandA uthonh ip MOAt modem rudcn of me Ptntauudl. the 6rst 6w booIu of me Bible m:.1 constituted the Hd>re,,·\aw. or Torah. are aware of something of me raulu of modem sdtolarship

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tioo andaumorship. For nurlYfWOccnruri"' ;1 has generally though nOt un;"ersall Y bc:en heLd ma, the l'enattueh war. compile.:! in dw: posttzilic period (that ~ ••M the aik or Babrlonian captivity,

which luted from about 597 to 539 B.C. ). making wc of earlier materials-hiRoriu.legonds and law codci-and giving them a narrative .tl'UCtun beginning wim the CTUtion of the world or per·

hapf; woriUng them into an alrudyuisring narntive mucwn. The~iI forthis mtor)' (for It ilno mou: man that) iI the aisrenceof paral!d pa$$ageS in which the same event IttfIUI to be: .....ted twice and m e way in which God is ttl1:rw:! to in diffettnt pas. sages.So. in dw:chapterll we = conct:rne.l i, .. el1ected, a doctrine thar the Famers found in u... daukal philosophtn. notabl)· Pla.o. There is a tcrKkncy in

!he Fathers m tad !heOUOOfl r>arr.ltM:ofGencWIn terlNofmetolmoiogKal mythofPlaw·.

T, ........' and vi« VerA. As m'CT0C05m , me hu~ bemg i. scen u in tegral 10 me co.mac, U me -bond (IyIIdcJ1PlOs) of the cOlm",." For mil 1Uo"'n. the f:ill ofhumankind hu cosmic co....,quencu: it is noeJIUt humankind mat Iw bccnsubjcaed toconuptionand tic.am btu the wholccosouc ord .... (d". Rom 8:20-23 ). BUI

.he u1rimale iU!cificarion rnr the high doctrine of me ~mic role of humankind hu in m e

doctnM.llSeT«d in Genesis 1:26,th..t human beings wct"Coutcd-m the 'mage ancIlikcncuof God.-lM doctrine of human bemgs u bearing the dJvtnc image 11 nol a donnn. thal recurs much in Ihe Old Tutamenl; outside Genesis th.n: an: occu,on.al echoes, no morc (e.g.. P. 8:6. W;' 2:23 ). Nor .. it very promment in the Nc...·T...tamOCias..emperordisplayed,thrcatened

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tearapal"t th .whol.fab·

ric ofOrthodox theology {Stt 0. IhrD;., ",I""'gtI 1.9-13;3.16·23).

The foil ~"d ong;""II'''. Genesis 3 beam. for Chri"ian theologians an .rplalUrion of why Ihe erc·

ated order. fashioned by Godu"uettdingly good,",' fuJI of evil and wickedness. AI wc havc alrady rnn.ukrd. the fundamental ';gni6eana

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in the aaowt. of hwnnUty', 61'S'! dUobtdienct iI I\Ol

",meth,ng Ouurians inheri.ed fromjewU.h inuq>~.ion ofGroeai' but ~bIy has much wirh the way in which .he IIOr)' of Adam is SUn

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mi rror in revcn.c: .he story ofCh r i!! the Second

Adam. By his disobcdiet>«. Adam destroyed thc rmrioruhip that God had establishe
explain the fan that Adam·s.in aJl«tcd pl" it. and foUowing him mou of

m.. Greek fathers. u. resuI. of Adam·,lin. conuplion and death

haye been unleasheOllikeayengingangt:u (Stto" Thi. c... m;' und.rltanding of the effects of the fall. char:ac.erist;' of the Gredo: fathers. is in wme Cont.U! ro Augwlinc'. idn of m. fall and originaI';n (an idea alrudy developed by me unktt.own Luin fathe.c.illed Ambrosiu.er. hotausc hu works an: prucrvcd;unong the writiogs of Ambrooc ). that evennuJJr came to be dominant in the WeI., Augwtine saw Adam', pcr",nal sin and guil' ... inherited 1»' his cia«ndan... 1O dUI they an: guilt)' of original';n and jusdy suffi:t IU consequences, hotausc mC}' all .inned in Ad..am (..... ich he found affirmed on Rom S:12,accordml: to hu ,n.e<prCU·

,ion of the rradirional Latin ve"ion ). The term rigi"Q] lin i. not found in the Greek fathe .., who in con,,·u••pcU of the rathcr different concept ofancutral.in (prop..,criU Ioamarfi,,).

Tht .... ~ aI ,nghcreofany temporal beginning. bu,,,uYI .har.he hcav.nl and,h • canh.nd .ll.h>ngs ,ha....cremad. ...... mad. "'n.h. b'g,nn,ng: ,hal,""n,hcS.",ot. HO"'L'UONGINUIS,., .' H iI"'I~' .. ND E.. IlT H A .. . THE FO ...OLISS MATTK .. OF T" H UN ,v ... n. Aum'S T'N" SCT1p"". call td heaven an d earth .h.. form . I••• m ..... of Ihe un;v. rsUud on .arth . li roebterby , hccomm.ndofGod ,o .dorn lhe;r mother.S ,nceao yet th . r. wu nothingofthii,lhes.:riptu re realonably .pokcof;,ao in~ompl .. e.Wemigh,uythe umc al ... about the hu ... n.; . ha, the y were noryc,broughtloperfnoonthemuJ.... nor had they rec.ivd lhelr proper adornment , IIncc , h.y wcrenolyetl;ghledaro" ndbr lhe moon nor Ih •• lln. nOfcrown.d by th. choifl of.hellan.Forthuelh,ngoh.dnolyelb•• n made. Therefore you ... ilI nOt err from Ihe tru.hifyou ... ythatthe huveni al ... wn. ,ncomplete. H lll ...... I O", :.,.'

C . ...TI NG P .. I C. OB' O.oa. ,NG, A .. ..on The good archi,ecr IaYI the fo " nda,ion fi ... and.f.crwan:l , when.hefounda.ionh" bun la,d.plou.hevaflOU'p • .,. of . hebu;ld,ng, one aftef the oth.r. and ,hen add. to 11 th. o'n.ment..ion ..•• s.:"plurepo ... '" ourthar ,h,ng l werefi ..,crca,ed . nd.ftcf,,'udpul,n ord.,leltirbcluppo"ed,hltlherwcrcnor a"u.II), crc ..cd and Ihar th. y had no begin· n'ng,Ju.... if .he n.. u'eof ,hingsbadbcen. uil wtrC. gcnef..edf.om.hcbcj!lnn,ngand d,dnolappearlobc ... mcthmgadd.dafte. · .... rd.HBX .. R.. eao ... '.;.'

GOD D"'IILT n .. SUP •• N"l L' Gon S .,o,u C ....TI ... G" D,. '•• IINT P .. TIIC .. lL ,OHT. IIUOU JTINt: ·A ndd ••knUI ... uovcrlhe abr ...· Th. M. n;chaunl fi nd fa ,,11 ... ilh Ih" • nd •• )·. ·W.. Godth.n ... darkn . ... bcforch. mad. the ligh" ·Thcy th.moel .. cs are "uly In . h. darknc .. of 'gno.. ncc. and for.h .. rea ..... •i"=J'do norundcrlundthehgh"n ... hlCh Go.d ..·.. bcfor.h.m.dc lh,,/igh,.Fo. lher knowonh·(h.h~hr(h.yoecwlfh,h.cyuof

the fluh.A nd therefore they wonluplh, ,"un ,ha'£vcry~rea,urclcu.Butl£tul llndc ... and th at th orci•• dirrercn, lightinwhichGo.d dweU•. Two Bool(5 ON GaNlS l S AC;,,'NU TliEM"N'CH""'''Sl.j.6.' TH ' D" , IN.n .... 0 TH' D••• A•• TH ' M I • • AIUNC I OF L,G" T. AUOUJT, ... a: Onc who diligently co nliden whal darknu. 11 rcally find. on]y Ihe ab.enc~of light. Thus 11 •• id,·darkn • ., w • • over thc .by.,; .. iflour. · Ther. WaI no hgh' ov.r Ihe . b)'lO.· Hence, this maller d'lll uord.red and d,mngullhed bythenutwofkof God llcaned lhe'n~isibl e

and .. nf",m.dcarlh.nd.hcdecp ,ha,il lack· in gligh •. Thi.il whafw ...bovecollcdhc... cn . ndcarth . lik •• h.,eedof he.ven.nd .... h. ON THR L'TR.,u INTE . .. UTATmN Of Gm... . "54.11.'

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C.... T.O . T THIi S . ..IT. A .....OSR: The Spiri,fimngly movcdovc. th... nh.dcsrincd .obcar f..",bccaul cb)" hc.,dofth.Spi... " hdd Ihe ICed. of nc,,· b,.,h which wue'O ge f' min ....ccordi ng.oth.wordl oflh.prophet: · Sendforthlhy Spiril. ndthey . h.llbccr.· u.d.nd.holl l h.1trcn ..... h. facr of .h. u.,h." H u ,.. . .. nON ,.5:

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M .. TTI • . A .. (;UST' ... ~: The mUter "fiut called by th. nam.of th .un;vc .... th., i•• of hca .. en.nd .. "h.rO'lh ...koof ,..hi'hit ..·.. made from .bs.ol", c1 r no,b,n,.Sccond .iu

formlcuncu i, eonveycdby the mention of •hcunformedcanhandrhelby ... becau.. Imong III ,he demenlt earth i, more formic .. and Icub righ.thal1 the re. •. Third. by the namc_ .... ,heTt I.$"gni6.dml.""th.t.,i. • ubJCct to.h ....orlr.of,h. M.... e•• fo ......et can be movcd "'''Tt euil)' Ih.n urth. And ,hu. "naccounroftheulincubywhichite.n bcwo,kedandmoyed.,hema"erlubject.o the Maker.houldbecllled wa.er rl. E....... THI Su· , .....:!t w...pprop,;at.'o.evu.lhc.. lh.,the Spi,ilh....... d lnl>rdc,fo'Ultol...nth.,th. workofcrca.ionwuh.ldineommonoy th( Spirit w itbth.Fath(rlndlhe50n. Th( Fath(r 5poke . The Son crcatcd. And 51> i,w.. abo,igh.th.ttheSpiri.ofi.. " . work.clc •• lr shown ,htougio iu hovcring, in ordcr lod(m. onnrlt(iuunltywi,bth.othcrpcuonJ.. Tltu,wclurnrh.,aUw.. orough"opc,f.c. ,ion.ndlccl>mpli.h.dby.heT.ini,)'.COM' ..... T ..... O ..

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5.' . ' T. E.M .... TMB Sn.'A>I: (The Holr Sp.... ] wlrm.d.hc "·I.e.. w"h. k.ind of wital ,,·arm.h •• v.nb,inging.h.m.olboil.h,ough

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1:3·; CREATION OF THE LIGHT

lAnd God .~id, "Le! tbne b. ligbt"; and thtrt ",as light. ' And God ,~'" tb •• tb . light ,,'41 good; ~nd God Jrp~r~!cd !he ligh! Jrolll Iht darlr.nm. 'God caUed Iht [igh! Da,. and Ibt .:i,ritMuh.,al!cdNigb!. And !liert1&las tveninga ndlbere 1&I, . ... orning. onld" . Ov •• v,Bw,·L."hcr.belogh, " wu'poken Indfahl)·. T1te light.h., God crea..d i. ,he

bodilylighr.·AndGodsa,,·lha:lh.ligh,"'.. good"ligni6corh.,God.pprov,..;nil work.

not.ha.h.fo .. ndbeforehimagood.hath. had no. known (AUGUST''''). God i. ,h. aUlhoroflighl (A .. non). Ligh,iniup.i. mordtalfotmdidnorcom.ftomch•• un, which had no, y•• be.nc.....d (EPHU"). ·GodcaUcd,hcligh,day,and ,h cd.arkncu h. called n'gh,-mcanl ,ha, God mad. a dis';nc· ,ion bet.... n Iigh. and dackn ... (S ..sn. EPHIUIII.AUGulT,,...).The fi ... da)'and nigh, ..... no. rul.d ye,byaobrmotron (B,u'L). Theconccp,of l-day "il no.,ob.allegoria.d (EPHIUIII ). Th.'nvi.ihl.lpiri.ual .....,ldilcr.· a..dbefor •• h'phy"icaJ ... orld (A... ROSa. E~HR .., ). C ... ';onout o(no'hin gi.di .. in . g.. ish.dfcomth..... hichilc' u ••dou.of wha,ulI •• d b.fore (EPHIUIII ).

l:3 Ltt T1:mrBr Lifbt T HI AUT HOJ; 0' L' GHT.A". lI.oSl:God i. •h•• ulhor o(ligh., and th. pl.ac. andcauoe of darkn ... i• • h.wo,ld.SII,th'goodAu.h or utlcred ,h. word lip, loo th •• h. might .. ~cal thcwo.ld by infuliog hngh.ncu ,h..cin and .htU m.kci.... p•• ' buu.ifuI.S ... dd.n1r,h.n, th. air bccam. bright and d.arknulmrank in fC,rorftomthcbril\ianccofth.noYclbrigh,· n.II.Hn .. u,uoN,.g.' IN ...... LIlCo ...... Nn.AuGUST'I'I~:W. ought tound ..... nd th.t Goddid not oay"Lct th ..cb.ligh."byaloundbcoughtforlhfrom th. lungl or bj·,hc .onguc and I . . th. Such thoughta ... ,hooeofp.rton.phy,icallyprc· occup,.d.Tobcwiocin.ccord w ithth.f1 ..... IId. llh .-Lclth ... bchght- wa"pokcn,neffabl)·. O ... TH IL rn ...... LINT~RPRITA.TIO .. OF G~ .. U1S;.>g.'

AUGUST ...., AI Ih ...ordllh.mselyu ...... k. l uffici.ntly clut, w.a.. 'old ,h.t th"light was m.d •. Thcligh.bo", from God i, on • •hing;chcligh •• hat God made .. ano.h ••. Th. ligh' born f,om God i. th e ~cr)' Wlldom of God.bu •• h.ligh.madcbyGodiloomethmg mu.abl •. whcthc •• orpnrulorinco.porcal ON THI L rTI R" ~ I NT~R~~.T"T'ON Of G~N I' "Is·ao.' T HE L' OHT D IU NOT CO",. PlO", TU,SUN. EPHU... TH.Sn ... ":n..hght ...... rcl ....d lo.har11 migh'"preadov.,.verylh,ng"'IIh _ ou, beingfutcn.d down. It di'pe rHd th. d.arknUllhll"·u(W.'.~crythingalthough,,

did nOt mOv'. It wa.only wh.n (th. )ight ] wen • • ".~y ~nd wh.n it ca m. that it moved . forwh.n (.h.light] went ...·.yth.rul.,,·u giv.ntothcnigh,.and.,[th.ligh,'. ) commg th ... wouldbean.nd,o !,h"nigh t',]rol •. M.ct,h.cbrigh.n... [of th.ligh. ] rcnde ..dll • u,vk.fo"hruday •... ,hc l unw.. inth. firmam.n, in o,d.,.o ripen whucvcr had .ptou•• d "nd., ,h •• 6'11 liGh,.Co..... Nnu 0"GIl .. IlS ,s, .8.);g.;.'

1 ,4 TIt. Ligl!! Wa . Good S ..........T' o" o .L, .. HT P.O .. O... O:I'I.U. S .. S'LTHEG.uT:Ev.ninj;,thcn.i.acom· monboundary lin . of d.)" Ind nigh " and ,im,· larlymorninj;i •• h.partofnigh,bordOX F.. tTtI::·9· ' TIl .... SPOR.... TIO .. OFT HE Foll .. LUs M .. T. THR. AUGUST ' ''E: Now when Scripture uy •. "l., ,he " 'atc' which i,be!ow the hu"cn, be ga.heredinroon.g.thering:the•• word. meantha"hi.corporealma.teri • •obe formed into tht bnu,y ,ha, the •• "i.ible ,,' ..e.. ho.e,Thi.ga.hcringinroontpl.ce i. .h. formation of.he. e W'''r$ that we .. t and louch. For e"err form i. reduced.o a rule of uni'),.\Vharel ••• houldw.u nde.$tandi. mcan,byth.word.-Iet.hedryla ndappcar · .hanthi. m.nerrec.i"e. thevi,ibl. formtha. thi.nrth ,ho, w~.Violl. wh.nth •• un compl., • • ,ultlrry '0",.. ,n ap." i, .. I.ry.... ONT HI L'TI ..... L INTHPUT..T'ONoFGBNU,",).)a.'

l: 16·18 C,ca.c, ""d Lcuct Lifbt, T .. . On. BlPo ....... D A~T •• T... C .. I· ..T' O.. OF T.. . S" ...... DT ... Moo ... Auc ...TlNI:Th.Mlnich.earuukha... "cauldhe .hatth.h .. v.nl)· hodi ••.• hati •• th .... nlnd th.moonand.he ..ar.,,,,.,,,m.dc on.h. fall"hday.Howcouldth.thr •• prcvio",day. hav.pl ...dwithautth •• un!Farw.no...... •hatadayp..... .... ith th. ".ing.nd .. ttingaf .h.... n.... hil.nigh,cames.alU'nth.... n·. "h.. nc.... h.n"r .... rns.o.u.from.h.oth.r "deof.h.world.W.aru,.,er,h.m , ha,rh. p.... iou. th ... d.y.caulduchh .... h.. nca!. cul"'~dbl· .. g'..··p·riadoftim.u.h., .hroughwhicb.b •• unpllltl.fromwh.ni. runin.h ..... un.ili. r.. u.nlag.in.o,h~ ........ Th, . would he Our "ru;WU if....,

T HISTA • • Do NOT FO R.C .... T THM F"TUR', AUGUST' NE: Evcryo nc un dcratandl tb.,tb.r.;•• grutdiff.renccbctw•• n.nrolog,c.lp..d,'"on.ndoo...... ingth ••,... u nalu ..lph.nom ......, in,h ...... y th.: farm ... anduilo .. do , eithcr.ov.,ifyg.",raph".! . ..... ar'o .... r,hircourse ... m.wh.r.,u piloll of.h,p' do. and Itavel... , mlking.bClt ....)'.h,ougb,h... ndrwa .... of,n..lOu.h

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wnh nolu", p.th;or touplaon OOmt poi1lf of doctrin.bymcn.ioni ngoomcoflh.luraua uscfulmu"ruion.AII ... id . • herc lIlg",a, diff.rcncc be,ween,h"'pra
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OVu.v , ....,Godg...( ......... ,h.."p.opdy frm hllmrs.Ol<s. CH "" . SOSTO.. : [, ",'asn't Jimplr for our u.. rh., h. producedall.hc.ething.,irwa.al.oforour benefitin.h... n.. tha.w.migh, ... the ovcrflowingabund.nceofhi,creuur...nd b."vcrwhelmcdat.h. C.ea,or·, powet,.nd be in a po.ition to know tha,all.hese.h ings "'ere produced by a ccrta,n wISdom a nd in· effable love ou,ofrcgard for the human being rh., "'U d • .,ined.o COme into being. HOMt LI£SO~· GB"U'Si·I; .' T H" U CL .. SSBS Of AN ' .. .. LSI

AUGUSTtN ~

Wemigh.infcrtha.beca".e,h.wri'~t,ay.

rhr •• um .. "auording . o ,h,i, kinds:our .t<entioni.c.Ucdtothre.da..... Fir.. qu.d rupeds and creeping thing. aelight:and .i mil.rlrfo"uch oth",asp,,, of ·accordmg ou.,m ..ge: Thcrdoreborh FarhcrandSon arc onc ,m.g •. AG ..... ST .... 'U5 , .....

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GIUcri'pl"",l. ifmanw... madcinlh.imai:.ofoncperoon, whcm.rFather.SonorHoly Sptril. Bu, becau.uhei,madeinlh.imlgco(lh.Trinity. conl.'1 ".ndyi''''.... id·ino'',im·s·:Ag.in. le"wcehoo.c 10 believe in m r ... god.s in m . Trinity•• inc.,htumtTrinity;,on.God .hc hid, -And God mad. m.n in hi. 'ma~: as if h.wcr.[ou)" ";nhi. [own,,;uM[ ,m.g':

O"'TH ~T.'N'TY '~.6.6. "

W HoSp ....... O.·Ou.·!FU~G.NTIU50. RV.,l: Th.nfon IctlU hold lha, ,h. Father and m.Son Ind Ihc Holy Sp"" arc by natun on.God;ntithc,i,d..,F"m.,.henncwh" " thtSon.north.Sonlh.onewh"i. lhe Fa,h.r. nor me HolrSpiri[lhe whoi. m. F.,he. 01" m. Son. For me ~Me • • ha. which lhcG ... kacaJllh'~M.",.ofmcFa,hnandth. Son andme H"JrSp;rit i. "n•. ;n which eucnc.m.Flth.rilnolonc,hingand,h. Son. ucond rhins .ndu.. Hol)"Spirit.u,whiltlh~orh~rhu be.nlcfllncompl...:.hili' lOlhalyu m igh, comple.ti.youuelfandmigh.bewo.. h),of .h. rew ••c1 ,,·hick C.. mU flom God. 0" THE 011.1(;'''0' M ....:."

T Ha H u .... " S OOf .. PHn ' C"L E.,TO .. . O. TH. T ... HITY.POT..... u$0.L.5 110"" , lno.c1e. thattheuni.yiuel(of , ht,hrtefoldm.jury a nd imprin •• houldtncountcr ou.undcr· ..ancling.,h.invi.ibl.maj ... yi •• df .... ulo: "le,u.mahm.ninourimagt.ndacc... ding .0 0 .. , likon ....:Look! He hu demo n.rra.. d ..h ...... beli.v •. Godhucng ....cdh" imag• on ,h, foc,ofthe human and hu u. ld"ln 0... Image." The knowl.dgt of F.. h.r and Son Il Imp.eu cclupon.h.faceofman:.ncl,h,,,,,)" fUtll'Cl of h .. fa ... br munaof.he day b)· whi ch we arc formed .•• vul.d In th. numan o.iginal m odclbow.heFa.her . ... c1.hcSon were , 'o that man could aclmir. God in man LITTI II.ONTH~SUUT"NCI H6·64 ." H U.... NIUNDUFuISH .. HDS ...'T.G.KG · ou O. N .. ZI4NZU S: ThIS w., .o .how ,ha. he couldc.llin,obeingno,on1I'anaru,eakIRro him.dfbu •• l... on"ahog",hc,ali.n, .. him Fo.akin.oDc"yarc,bolenaturel whicha.. m•• llc"ualanclonly.obecomprchtncl.c1b)" mind;b .. ,allofwhich •• noecan.akecognl · :.an....e .. n.rly ah.nto; •.• nclofrhcsc.h. fu .. he" .. mov.c1fromi' ....U.h....,wh,ch .."tnll.dy cle,,;.u •• o(50ulanclpowc.of Mincl .• h.n.andstn .. _.bul dilllnguilhed from .ach o.h.-h.c1 remained wi.h,n rh .. , ownbound.. ieo andborcin.h.m •• lve • • h. magnificcnceof lh.Crcllor'\),'orcl .• ilcn. pr....... ndlhrillingh.ralcllof hllmlgh.y work. No.yc ...·.. rhe ... ny mlnghngofboth . nor any m i""u .. ofth",. oppome •• •ok.n. of a g,clter w"c1om and gentro,,1)' in.h" c•• · ."onofna.u.cl:nOful"'".!crc.htwnol.

richu of gOdllUJ mad~ kllowII. Now .he Creator·Word. determining 10 uhibi' this and lOproduc. allngle1i~ingbcingout of bo,h {.hein"i,ibleand ,he "iliblccr...,ion. I mun ) fashions man, and .alting a body from alrudy uittingm.. and pllcingin i •• br.ath u.k.n r.om himulf {which the Word kn .... 10 bc an ,ntelhgt in • uchlikeneuinvirtue:uispollible.OaTHo. DOX h ITH ~.,~ ."

you:" Thi. i. why man is Ihe image of God H e has no cr.. rure over him. and therei. nobody over God;he rule. onevery,hing. Woman.on.heotherhand. i. rhegloryof man .becau.e,hei••"bje".om.n.SBRMONS O",GfiNEStS,."

I", .. " m op CO ........ D. CH"YSOSTO"': Som. o.h.rS base them.elves on our arguments by .1I.rting.h •• Golllip l" And flU Ihr rarth andJ>l.bd wr il;andha"cdomi,,;on ovcr th rjiJ h o/lhr ..a and.wcrlh. /ti.d. o/thr" .. anJ Q~r' r~.r, lIving Ihing ILal movu upon ILt .",,1.." The ,n,reue of .he hum.n race poftdproblcml fo. ,h eFatheu.Gc lleu lly the), .ffi,medtha,thecmnu.ndto in"eau

OVU.VIIIW:

andmul"plrrdcrr~d..hcp""odb.freth.

fall. when human rcprodu Cfion would ha ... ,akcnplu.bysomemeanoothertha n th,ugbluualintcreu,n(AUGIISTII<E., M.u· ,,,,us THiCoNFESSOII.). for ,hcyscnenlly maln.aincd,ha,AdamandEvcha.d~en

in.cndcdtoformav;rginalcouplc.Augu.. ine. howcvcr.camctothev,.,,·.ha,.uualdiffe,· entlatlon and ,uual unin wc .. plrt of God·,

original plan.eventhugh.he fall in.crvcned The eXOent fhuman au,hori,y vcrthc anj · mab "·u a I;gn of God ·, love for humanlt)· (CltIlY50Sro.. ). However. thll powe, "·u 101< an .. ,hc .;n(AuGusn ... ). MaJe and femal. arc commanckd '0 ;ncrun and multiply OOHN OF O"' ...Uc:IIS) . Therc"nodcprecia"ono{marr,aSCln,h. patron, m.nprct.ation of Gcnw. 1:211 (Gall(;. o ay 0' NySu). Tw~ kind. of ;ncrcal. mu" be dillinguil hed: ofbod)" and of.oul ( BASI~). Since ou,humani'r panakuo(,he.nimal

GP.Hu,s ':J.I natu r~ (G ...GO"V Of !'tog .. ted .. ftcr th. "n.nd pun· .. hm.ntofm .. n.lti. l>y .. irtu.ofrhi.l>leOling rh .. ,hc .. rrh is nowfill.d with humlnl>e;ng. ..... olul>duci •. Althoughit ....... f... , ... upllllion of the m.. n and wom.n from par... dl ......... thcyc..m •• og•• hcrin.ulI .. lintcr· rou" •• ndMgotchild.. n, .. ccordingto SC"ptur •. nncrthc!e ... ldonor ........... could h..... prohil>it.d them from h.onor.. l>Ic nup" .. Junionand"thel>cdundcfil.d"' .v.nin p.... di.c.God could h.v.granted them lhi. if thcyhadlivcdin.fai,hflllandjuumanncrin obcdicnlandholY,"T'V'cctohim .•o.h .. , wlt"ou,,"etumultuOIlI.rdorofp.uion .. nd wllhou, .. nylal>o ... ndpainof c.. lldl>i ..h.of{. .prlng ...ouldl>cl>ornfromthcir.«d. ln'''i. cI.$C.thcpurpo.cwould noll>cloh.vcchil. dr.nlucucdingparcnuwhod,.. R.. lhcr tho" ,,·hoh.d t.cgo,tenchildren "'ould rcmlin ln.heprimcoflife . ndwouldmlin. u,nth.orphy&icaJur.ngthfromth.t •• eof Ilfcthuh .. dl>c .. npl .. n.cdinparadl".Thol"

... howouldl>cl>orn would devtlop,(>theum. .. a.. and ewenll1 ..11,·. w".n ,h. dctcrmlncd numl>cr ...ouldMcompICle,ifaIlHwejll"and ol>.di.n,liwU,thu.. wouldl>c.rran.(orm .. · ,ion.ThIl.wi.houtanrdu,hrheirnatllr.. l I>odi •• wouldrcc.iv... n ...... quality.inc •• he)' obcycdcnrycornmandofthe,plritthatrulcd th .. rn.Wi,hth ... pi.i."lone¥ivifying .... rn, wi.hou ... nyhclpfromrorpor ... lnouruh · mcnt,.hcywouldl>cc"n.dlp",ru .. lho,h ... Thu could hu.l>ccn if.h. ,,"nlgn.IIDn of God ·.comm.ndhadnotm.rit.d th'pun,,", mcn,ofdu,h.O"THaL'TfiRA L IHTUPUTA TIQNO.G1NU'S9+S·6.'

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NUPT''' L BUU U"G RII .. "' ... " AFTU. S IN A .... .. 1I.0.AuGusTl .. ~: F... l>c " ,hen from .... tol>cli~¥c.ha. thecouple.h •• wcr. p]uNlnp .. r.d, .. wouldhuer,.lfincd throughthi.luSl .which,hlmcd,h.mln ,o covering.ho.eorg.n.,th . ... ord. pronounccd l>y GocI in hi. l>1.uing:"lncrc .. " and mulripl l Indfill,h curth :Fori. waoonl)'.ftcrman .inncd.luthi. JuJlarole;i.wuaircrman linn.dlhathi.n .. rurall>cing. ......'nlngth. len.. oflh .. mcl>u.losing'h .. tdomln .. nc~lo which.h·l>ody"·u.,,l>jcctlncvcrypart , fe!: ..ndno.iccd ..... nl>huhcdll and conc ... l.d thltlult .The nupti .. ll>lc •• int;.howeve., whercb,· .hepait,join.dinmarriagt, w.rcto incrclle .. ndmultiplr .. ndfillth.... rth . rcm .. in.d m force ev.n ... he" .hc), SInned, ~'.. ir ..·... g'ycnl>cforc .... cy."'nec!., forlupur . po........om .. kci.d ... r.ha'thepn>.O.'TYO.... 6 . .. UI R........ CT.G oO'. LOVB FOll; HII ...... 'TY. C.. ",nOSTO .. , So. .. f"r .... y'ng·mal.a ndf.mal.h.mad•• h.m· ...hougbtohc"o,,·a blc,"ngonncbof ,h.m.b.go~. on"Godbl .... d.h.m'"th. word •. ·lncr.... andmulliplr·fillth.cartb .nd~a,"domin,onov.r".andha ... con.rolof

th.S.hof.hc ....:·fkhold.h...markahk ch.raCt.rof,h~blu.ing!lmcan"ho.. word., ";nc..&KandmulliplyandfiUth...rth:any' on.could ... .....id of . h. b,u .. t.e ... ,. and thc"p,ileoalik •. wh.reu·llaind""""ionand hn. con. rol " arc dir."ed.o . he man and woma",S", ,h. Lord ·.lo.. ingkindn ....: .... " beforccrc.llng,h.m. h.makesth.mlha.. in .hi. con.rol and bcs,ow. o" ,h.m.hehl...ing. "Ha... con.rol".h•• cE,"ay •• "oflh.fi.hofth. , ... ch.bird,ofhu... nandallth.....l•. th. whol...rth and all the repcil .. crcep,ng"" ,heurth:DidyounO'ic~!h.d.fini'i ... ch .. · acterofthli.uthority!Didyounot'ceallct< • ...dlh inll·placedllnd
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... onth"lt i.foryouthcfintinthc ... onth.of .h~yt:a.," ullinglhefin.monthlhc&pring­

...... , I. wufimng.h •• me bcg,n n ,ngof . hr yt:arbcthebcg'nningofgcnuarion.Hax .... MI.0 .....

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T H.F.. ' TH " ' LW ' LLlb .. SIVINTHD.. T. AUGII.TINB, Hcav.n. IOO .... iIIbc.hc fulfill · ... enlof.h.,ubba.h ... ,fo,e,oId,n.heco ... · ... and,·8e&. iUandsee.h., I a ... GocI:IO Thi •. ,ndecd.",Hlbc.ha.u]um. ..... bb"lth.ha,hu noeven ,ng andlh ... h. Lord forelhadowed in ,h ••"oun,of hi . c,ea';on,·AndGocIre".d onth •• eventh day from all hi. work ,ha,h. had done. And heble..cd , he.ne n,h da)' a nd ... n
a.lway. bcinginerro.,bilinglyfindfaullwilh .hispoin.a. we!1,nameiy;lhaIGodformed man from Ihe mud of the eanh. For they"r, "Why did God makt man from mud, Did h. !ack .. bctterandh.avcnlrmatcrial fTom which h. could make man,lhat he fonned him fT.gil. and mOfla.l from thi.eanhly conuption,"To bcgin with. they do no, undemand howmanr meanings etther.arth Or WalOIe.h., the begIn . ningofhi.ni ... ncci.on •. common.obo.h lI""cu.lo,h.. h•• ho .. ld no, b. fo"nd '0 b. In..c. d.n'.ndpo ....ior'oh,m •• lf... ifth. hodil)·.l.mcn, wc .. fi.1t In point of,im •• nd ,h.o.hcrw.r•• I.tct.ddi"on.Q"TN,C" , .. T' ONOF M .. ,,1&,'·l9.I.'· GOO PU C.. AS HA•• OFH,.G .... c • •'" TH.SOU L. B..StL THE G ....T: wAnd hc b.... h.d Into hi ...... tfil.:.h~t 11 to "'y. h. plac«!'nm... ..,m•• ha.. ofhl ........ ngrac: • . m ord.rth.th~might r
'0 th .

eaS! in our pr. y.... but f.w kno.... ,h., ,h i.i.becau.ew.a ..... king,hra nci.n' fatherland. which God planted in Eden , ,o",·ard.he eas;.ONTHE HOLV SP'RIT 27.66.'

2,9 Th. Tnt of Lift And the Tr.. of ,,,. Knowl.dg. of Good And Ev il TH IIC ~oSB"n . D. THB T .. II .. S''''''.JIIS TH I C Lon RBLATIO" a.TW •• " L'Pfi .. "D KNOWLEDG •• ANONYMOUS: Indeed. the .. i• •

d. •• pmun;ng;nthep.. ug.ofScripfurc th. t tdl.howGod inmcbf,g,nningplan ..d."cr ofkno ... lcd.~.ndat ru oflifein 'h.mi.u,of paudi ••• toal!o,,·,harlif.ilanaincdthrough knowl.dg •. ltwu bccau ,efhe fin'mendid. nO' un thi. knowlrdgc ... lIh dun he.." ,ha! theyweu.1r1pp<dofitbrth.deccitof ,hr Krp
, • •• n.a,ionofthcrclourccful,comMnin,lnd hft1l,wing· I>on nu b'en well utlbl"".d ~.w ... n w",;om .nd mal"c. {or"tude.M'n....,'oil.ty... mper . • t>Ce. aMocn.'''"'u.j ... rlCC,onth.orn .. hand'"titemosr,mpo"an:u,:rcprc'. nt$r'' '

concordof'allth.oth.rv,r.u••. H.ncei,i. not known {rttm the pl.ce. frttm which i. f1owl. th",il lolay.;,i.nOlknown;npan.j...,icc .. nOldiv;.ible ;nlOp ..... hi •• uh ..., •• th. mOlh.. ofall~irtu.a. l nm ... follrr""'n ... .ymbolizcdthcrcfo.. th. rourprincipal "i.· tu .... P...... o' u J.,.·,8.·

R.... LR," ..... CHtt.Y50STo.. 'p.,rh.p •. ho .... ev .... ,ho.. peopl.wholik•• t.lkfrttm.h.ir oWn w;.aom cIo no,conccdeaga;n.har ,hen "v.... rcriv... orthu......... "'.lll'w..... bu.propound ,Om. diff.re nr;nt.rprcu,ionto peopk ...dytol.ndth.mlh.,.ca ... l.e ..... howcv... INgyou.not~convinccdbyth.m bur ble>ck Our ura ag.inlt them ; In ... inn.ad place ollrcrcoi.nct;n»crcd Scriptllr•• nd h ..d ... hari •• oldusthe ••. HM'Lu$O~·

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ENC I.CUS T H II E....TH. JO H>I o~ D"H .. s, cus:Thenthc.. ilrhee>c •• ndt arenci.dClrh. . nti"'urdtlik.....rtofrivcr.ndtowhichi r ...m.,omedtatScrip.urcrc~rrcd ... hen" ui-dthar·.ri ... rflowcdoutofpa ..d...:hh.. ....etpot.ble ..·.... and.llppli ••• h........ but bccauscthc ..·a'er"'mainutlgnan.inth....as for a long Ome It ~'omCl bracki.h. Th •• lln and ,h. ,,·at.tIpoull ar. con ..antly d..... ingup th.l ... d • ...., ... a.. r•• ndfromth .. ,hcdoll.u arc fo,med and ,h. ralO come •• ,h. w.ter b.. • comini:.wect by fil ..a=,,,,' 'H0f>91 'FC17.:!11,'AC\Io· " ,SS.S6,'P:: >600&;

willofmlncouldlwly.oti.hulidc. inlll.ic· 'pacioIlGoducurcd.hc,racc,inlmal . 10 Adorn b,' t" . minist ry of angel , (AlJ(:unl"Ej ;r.

ord.rtodemonltrat(th~ta(ompl ••• haT' mon y be.ween man and .h. anim.l. uill.d befor.,he . ,n(EPH ..... ) and.ha'th.m~nw&l l uperior.oth.m.ll ( .... llGu5TIN.). lnourag. , .h.nla.oChri•• , lh.humbl.peopl. ~..., l .. at.dbr"nim~lllik •• h.Il,,'man,nEd.n ( lsucofN""svsHj. Inlhenamingof.nimal.,humani·ri,hon . or.d(CHIlYSOSTO .. )..... d.muhibi ... wi •• 10... for .h•• nim.l. (bHu,,). which .r. brough •• ohimby lh.Lord(CHIlTSOSTONj. H .." ,h.domln,on of •• uono ... rn .. h" m.'n •• 'n.d ( ...... BIlOS.j.

2: 18 Ml r l . NPf Gp~d Th ... the Man S"o ~ld 8 e Alonc" M .. ", NIIOBD .. Hu... 8 .,0 ... H u R.."."' ......TIO'" ' '''C H....T.CH ..noSTo .. ' ..... th a. um. ' God .. id,·(..e,u.m .. kefor him . he1p.r:bu, in Ih • •• um u '. God uy. nO ouch ,h,n~. Willh.whoh ur.c.iv.dth.gr.c.of

,h. Spm, need.ny o.h.r h.lp' Ho,,' much nc.dof ..".unco,nlh.fu,ureh • • h.who IlIl.ou •• h.bod}, ofChrUl I ....,.h.,"m.h. m.. d. man to ,h. ,m'ge of God. bu, now h. huuni •• dhim.oGodh,m •• lf....."ha•• im. h.com n.. nd.d,h. m.n.orul".wu.h.fl , he. . nd.h.be..n •. No,,·h.hu •• ~.iv.d("LrIl .., . ltnr'nhe.~.n.No"· h.h •• g,v.nwth,p"TI ' d".,o ,nh.bi,i,. No ...' h.h .. opcn.d ,h. g••• ofh..... n .OIU ..... ' Ih., urn. m.n wu formed on ,h. "nh dar.bec.uu ,h . ..on h.d 10 be ,0mplc«d.Nowhei , form.don,h.flrJld.y • ndfrom.h.beginninglnd,n,h.ligh •. Ho",u~,oNJoH"'. S .•.' Wo ........ .. Run, ..". TuTulu ..... : jln good . nU, God) pN>V,d.d .. loolh. lp m• .,fo, I.h. man l th.t tnere might no.b•• ny,hinginhi l 10; tha: " .•• no' ilo"'!. Fo, God uid that ,ti,

notgood for.hem.n .obellon•. Hekn.,,· full w.ll what . blc" ing .h. gender of Ma." would be to him and.lso 10 th. ch ureh A" .. ,NST M....c 'o" , ... .'

.... n.... ·' H o .. . W.u P..... o . ... S.Vu.,.. " Of G ...... L .. : Whil e Adam had b.rn gi •• n .h. whol.,.arth ,he hadb •• ngiv.np .... dll.for hi. hom • . H. couldluvc .. ndgooulofp ..... di..,bul.ht: .. wuno •• habitabl'plac.for hum.n. wyond iu bo,d.n-only for ••".., I"" In,m.b , four .footed .n,mali. wild mOn o ... ".nd , .. w!ingb ug •. Hi . ·b. .. mea·and · palacc· wuloc.«dinparadi.. . s.u"""of.hi •. GodbtolLgh , ,h.llVing (:Tutu,uto .... d..n; .h·rh.dbe.nupltr...d f"rnmh,m . For.l.v • • do no,.I .... y...andin Ih.i. m....", pr •• cncc;.h.,. ... pru.n, onl)· wh.n n.ed.d. The living (f.ature! w ... nam.dlndimm.di..ely •• n'a"·.'·..... dam. how....., .. main.din p...d, ... O!f "p it! pillet w;lh finh; " lInd rbe rib which tb. Low God hlld IlIken from ;1110 11 wOmOn IInd bro"ghl hr' 11> 110. mllO . u Th.n Iht man ' 'lIid,

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andfir,hof myjl.,h; ,h"hlll1b ~ cal1eJ Womall,1 b.ul/lt Ib~ "'Ill IlIlttll 0,,1 of Mall. ~ " Tb ..cfo•• 11 mlllllu~ rl hi, flllh" IIl1d hi' mGlhn and c1.lIve,

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Q v."v ,. w: 11 "out of. bare bone thu God ,n"and), crealCllhe full boaul)' of Wom1n (EI'HIlDt.CNuSOSTWI ). AI Eve ...... born wllnou, a mOlher.1O ..·... Jesus born wllholl'. iath.r (Cu, c o. JE1I.USALE.. ). God willed Ina, Ih" ,wn. mal e and female. be es.abli.ned.. one (AMnon ). Eye', creatIon ,,'U p.inl .... '0 ,h. unf.lien Ad.m. ln cantru, witn Ine p''''

of.hc fallen Eve', birth_giving (CHUSOSro.. ). The wOman w... mad~ in order 10 help man ,n good worlu (AIIGUST,S.) bUI .boye all for Ihe like of boating . hHdren (A.. ftIlOSE .... UGUS· TrNI). She "·.. Iuper;or 10 an)' an,mal In he, abH,,}" to help ( E,I
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,hehouJehold"h.rew"uldhavebcenprop.r .. nk ,,,auuuthi••• inccone wo uldb.crutcd f!nt and ,h. othcr.ccond,and thi$ would be further rdnforad if ,he «cond were made from ,he fint.aJ wa. ,h. ca.e with ,h. w"m.n.Surelr noon.will.ayth.,God ,.... • bl •• o m.ktf.om ,he.ib of,he man only 0 woman and no, al.oam.n ifhehad wi.hed to do so. C"nsequ.nrl)·. 1 do not.ee in wh .. .enn th< woman wao made a•• helper for th. man ifno,fot ,he,akeofbcuing children O ... TMEL'TO .... "I ... TB"p"BT ... T'o~·opGs"E· SIS 9.S.~. · TH ~

A"".... L~ NOT ABU TO HELP MA" U THH WOM ...... EpHllllMTH~SYIl'A": l n.id. the p.radi ••• the wOman was verr diHgenr:.h. ,,·.. also a".nt;ve to Ih • • h•• p and attl., the h.,d,.nddrov.sth .. w.reinth.field •. Sh" would.l,ohdp,hem.n wi,h the buildings . pens .• ndw;,h.nyo,htr,ask,h ...hewa, "ap.hlc ofdoin£.Th•• nimal •. even ,hough ,h.)" wcr •• ub •• tl·ient. w• ..., nor abl. 10 h.lp h,mwithth ••• thing •. For,hi .....onGod m.d. for the man I helper who would b. ,On· amed for every.hing for which G"d hims.lf ",,,uldb.conarned.She w,,uldind •• dhelp h,m in man)" ,hings. COMMB"T ... IlY ON GBN.·

5'5'.".' A ,,..M DRUM S" W HEN WOM ... N W ... S CR. ' ..THO .EpHIlEM THE Sn, ... ,,:Tha,m.n, • ,,·ake,.noinredwi,h'plendor.andwhodid n"'yerkno", . l'.p.fellonlh ••••,hnak.d and,l.p,.hi,likelj·,h.. Adam",,·inhi. d ... mwh.t\\,•• don."'hima'ifh.w • ..., ."·.ke.Af,,,, Adam'. rib h.d been raken"u, ,n tn e ,wlnkilOg": an eye,G"dd" ..dup,he f,e.hrn" ' placdi .. _,he.oul di.darn ••" idl.n .... h., is alien ,,,i,,natur.and,d.prrvedof,h.fac· ul'ieo of ,he b"d)·. makes u.e of iu own. Thi. pow.r w. call ...... y. Thi. occurs ""he" w. a•• d.pr;v.d "f,h.... iv;')· "f,h...n ••• L.cking.en."rr inpu"he."ulref1ec.. condi,ion,,,kinroddirium." Thus,in,h. b.ginning •• l .. p .... a.pr ...d.dbyec,,·'r· a• w. rud:"God .. or an ec"",y upon Adarn , • nd h•• lep,:Sleepb.ough,res, '0 ,h.b"dr bu,ecsr"yc.mooo" the."ul andprev." .. d it from resring .• nd from tha"ime.hi . cornbin.,ionconsrifu... ,h.n.rurai.nd ""tm.l form "r,h. d ..arn. 0" THE SOU" 45. 1.;. "

TR I F'R n M A,,' P"snsnD THII POW U. OF P IlOPHHCT .. CUMB ... TOf ALIXA"OIlI ... Am" ngrheH.bre,...rh.propheU'p"kebr ,h.p"w", ond in'piu,i"" "fGod. Ber",. Ih< law Iher. was Adom, wh" u.ed a power ,,( p'''phecy"v.rlhewom."and"nrthen.m . ins"f.nimab;N"ah,pr •• chingup 6.:.'

th.'1UUlion in hi. mind and spe.,d, wa.givon ro i"orSatan$OughtttomGod,hat'pe«hk g;vcn to ,h •• erpent for •• horl tim e. C" .. · ... HNT ... RYO"GHNES,S •. 16.,.'

Th .... pent could nol .nrerporadi,e. for ncither a nimal ,,'a'permiued,o app.oach th .o ut
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.... T.".YT .. . O ... '>l wHc. orM .. IlT.lu..... "S: A. Eve .... I ..dueed by the word nfa [fallen j ang.llofl.. frDmGDd,h.ving reben.dag.inlthii word .•oMarrby.hc wordofanangclrcuivtd.htgladtidingl thll .b. would bear God b,· ...... ying h .. Th • former ... ao ..duud to d"ob.y God [and 10 r.n ).bu.,h.la... r .... a.per.uad.d,oobey God. 10 that .h. V"sin Mary migh' become tht advoca.tof lh.¥irginEH.AI .hchuman .... ..,...lIbJ."ed,od.... hthfOugh.n ••"nf

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' Tlot.. llor ryt! ofbolh "'trr opt .. td. and IIo'yltn.wlb"r dory wtrr noli:c .h t pl •• III.oofly, ng (Aooun'NI) . •h ... ndcnc)' ,,,,,,.,d li n {SloB) o•• nac,ofrc?ccauu,hcr had 10.I.h.r.gh."f.ht.ru.h (Co\lInosroM, AlIGUSTrNI).

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• D'"N caP .. ,o .. TOE .. TING. C Hn • ,h.u,ingfrom ,h'''il· "J· .ound~UI.ndoranow. m •• o.pcak. !do no"h,nklha, a manwouLddu.rvegrtat p,"il eifhehldbeenabLe.oliv•• goGdliferor ,he 'impLe realon rha,nobody.emp •• d him to L,~ •• badon • . Fo.byn.", .. h.wouLdh.veit m h"powe, 1o ",m not lorieLd IOlh •

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::;~e:~:~~::: a~~Pg~:e~';::; :~:~u::~~:1>o j humbl .... Why. Ih.n. would God no, all_' 1 mantobe .. mpted.a.Iu.ougbh.rortknewh. wouLdyi.Ld! For ,he mln wouLd do ,he decd bj· h"ownfretwiIL.nd,hll. ,ncurguilt .• nd h.wo"ldha ... toundcrgopun"hmen,.((o.d_ ingtoGo,hJuoticelob-crescoredlonghl o.d.,. Thw God would....m known hll will '" IproudsouJfot.h.in..."c"onol.hcu,n .. ,nag...",ome.Forwlldyhtuou ev.nbad will. of,ouL, wh.",herperv ..."J), abulC th."na'u ...... hichi.good.ONTH . L1TU... L INTup"IT... TloN o. GaNBS's Jt .... 6: AFT •• THKS . ", THI E'-RI .,~ SRN . . An OnNoD. The eyu of o.n.. were .henopcn«i.wh,cbth·r haddontw.U.o ke.pohu, • •hl"h.ymigh,oo.bedi....c•• d andh,nd ...dfrom .... nS"'i.hlh •• v.. of,h • m,nd . l:,,·ulhoi.eyc"ofth.m;ndwtuchin

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.... U l EV B SEB THE EV'"'PlTO W 'U Ctt Ttt BT H "vIIFALLIIN.A uGUST''''2:1twuno, inordcrro • ..,ou,,,·a,d,hing• •ha," th.ir.y" w.
"anlgr."ion. mad. apronl for themulvc. from fig leaves. ,he fig "CC can fillinglydclignalc ,he tc"d.n thillking th.Hthought •.•. God.unwiUing'omuh,· ply hi. guil""YI."Ho"· did you ...liu ,h .. you a .. nakcd~Unleuyo" ... ofth. tr •• of which I commanded younot,oeat: l. ilu though he .. ,d."Oo you rnllythink thll you can hide from m., 00 you ,magine Iha,1 do no,kno,,· ,.,ha,you have don., Will you no, u)·.'lha v .lln n.d tS'y.Oacound ..l. ' Yc • . it 11 ' ru'. M ...e•• I h.vc tun.grcucd your command . lhov.f.Ucnbyh ..cningto.h. woman·,counJc1.I am grcatlyat fauhfo, doi ng whIt Ih ... id Ind di.ob.ying your wo,d. HIve me,,), on m.!'" But h.do .. not humbl.h,mlclf.hcdoclno.b""d.Th.ncck ofhllheanIlHkealln ••· oflton!Foth.dh. .. ,d ,hi. h.migh.h.".... y.dinp ... d" •. By .h "on.wotdhcmigh,hav"paccdhimlclf du. whol e cyde of nib wllhaut number tha:h.cndurcdbrhllcxpul .. onand,n Ipcndin g.oma n)·ccntu"co ,nhell.O'I· COll IlS flS·S·"

TO GO D. AucUST'N~: Th.n.11 il quite com. mon in C&ael of p.id •• he dOCl nOt acclilC him. u lf ofh.ring (onunted to Ihe woman b...t pU.hClthef.u!t off upon,h ...omon.Thus. u if outaf .clevcrnClI .h' poo,fellowhadcon_ uived,hecunningly,rlcd,o ... ribu«hlllln· nin"oGodh,m..lf.Forhcdod notjUlluy. ",he woman gon.o me: but Iddedon."he womln you glvc.o m.: Nothin, is .. char&tJlllgnifiu ·p,id.·bccauu,he",ongd rivcaof,h.loul ruJe,hcre.Th. termi>dIYOLgnif,.."carnal d ..... ·beclulCth"pa"ofthebod)'",ecog n,zedu.oflC,.S,nccbyth •• cmcan.h. nups upOntno .. whomh."... nutodece,v •. Ge>daa,d,'YouwiILcrccp upon your ch .. , and bell)': Two 800)[s 0 .. GaNu,s.I,,:aINST TH£ M"N'CH"UH.~.17.~6.·

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GaKa,.):,,,,,S T" . DIVIL DU T.on THon WHO A •• E .... T"U· M,ND .... C .. I .....,US OF Aun: God laid 10 th~ d.vil :·Olllt you Ih .. ll u,: b i',h..... thth .. tw.'re .. dllnd.rf_tthatthc devil UII, bre,hren! No, It i, peopl~ who Ire u .. hlym.ndcd.lCnlll.!andproud .......,IOYc thcunh."dp!ac •• ll,h.irhopeoinit.Th.y l.bor.ntircly forcar".l Idv."..g.....,h., {or Illch pl.uu r•• ,.nd think littl.or nothing of •h.uJu.io"oflh.irlOut...~opl.lik.th.lC. .h.", ,h. d.villCd.... H. "'cmllo do 10 junl)', {or,h.ywcr.usigncdtohim.,lh.bcglnn",g of,h.world ... h.ni .... u •• id.ohim,·Dw, fOu .h.1I ut.·Therefore I., e.ch Onc I_I. 10 hi.owncons.ci.nco.lfh.lccolhalh.hu gru,crcar.fo,hilbodylhan{o,hi•• ouJ.lu h,m fur that h. will bnome the food ofthc urpcnt. SU"OH5 116.'

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AuQuST,N~:EnmiuCllreno.lCtbc.w •• nth. ICrp4'n,"ndtbcm.nbu,bcrwc.nthcICrpcnt .. nd ,he WOman. Thi ... lurcll' nOt beuu.. h. f.ilo,od.c.iv •• ndt.mp.mcn, i.itIOn,h. contra'r,iti.dea,lhalh.doc.dcceivcthcm. O.i."bccau•• hcdidnoldeccivcAd .. mbut hi . womanIBu,il,h.urp4'n,thcnno,thc enemy of ,h. mln 10 whom .hlt deception came ,hrougb h"womln , eopcciaUy,in.e·l ",m pllcc.nmitybe,we.nyou.nd.he ... om.n·iln.t.dinlh.fu,u,.l lfth .....oni. thath.didnotth •• caftcrde.eiv.Adam,itil al... trU.thlfh.didnotlh.relh.rdcc.i..., E.n.Hcncc.",hydoc,Scrop.urcpu,i"hi. ""rITo';'o,,· dca,h-,h., "'. can"", bc I.mpt.dbl, th.d.vil .. ccp"h.oughtha,ani· mal part ...."ic" .. y.ab,"o,o . puk. ,h. imag. 0< uemp!ification of ,h. woman in ,he on.

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Do .. NOT OUTaOY TM . S •••• "'T. A....on: Godjudgcd tha' n~ ..... '0 be held in (hnk for a tirn. rather than tobc de"roy.d,10 t .. a,h ..... y.,o.helCrpcnt,·J will pu, .nmi,y b..",un fOu and ,h ~ ",om.n, and b""'~en your I(~d and ,h ....d of ,h • wom .. n.Sh •• haUwatehforrourhcadand you for hcrhccl.· Wh.re.nmine. remain . ,h..crema",ldn(ord.ndth.d..".,odo harm.\\'h.reth.'.i..... d... ".,odoharm, ,h........ i1I1C1tablilhed. Th.reforethe •• " d'JCordbcrwccnth.IC'pcn.andlh.woman. Evil i. at th.bucofdis.co,d: ,hu, evil hll nOt bcen,ncda,,·ay.lnde.d.ilh .. b.:enrc..... cd forth.ocrp4'nl , lh .. h.m'gh,watchfor,h .. woman', h.eland ,h~ h.... l ofhet ICed, ... a. 10 doharm .. ndlnfulehi'poi.on. Thereforel.t ul no, .... alkinearthlything.,.nd,h •• crp.n, will not beabl. '0 harm u•. L., u'pu, on ,an dal.ofth.golpcl,hat.hutou"helC'pcn,·, poi ... nandblun,hi.bi,.. ,h.,,,,.m.ybcpro. ¥idcdwithcoveri ngonou,f.. etbJ'rhegOlpcl.

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Ch';lIcompl...I)'renc",edall,hi"gl,both .. king up the battl.againlt our cn.my.nd cnuhingh,m ...hoatthebcgonningh.dl.dw cap.iv. in Adam, trampling on hi. hud ... you find in Gcnc.i. th .. God lIid '0 th ••• r· pcnl,· lwillpulenmi'ybctweonyouand,h. ... oman. andbc.w •• nyourIC.dand,h .. sud of the woman. H~ will be on the watch £0" yo .. rh ..d.lndyou ..·illbeonth ......chro"

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hi. h~~l.· FTm thn"n it wa. procl1.im~d that hewhowa>t"b~bornofavitgin.aft .. the likene ... ofAd.m. wouldbeon,hewa"hf"r .he.erpen... h..d.Thi.i.th.seedofwhich .he,poSlle .. y. in.he lettu '0 the Galatian •. ·The law of wo,tu was established until the .eed should come.o whom the prom i•• wu made.'" Heshow • •hi... illmo",clearl)'in .h ..... me.pi.d.wh.nh. sayo. ·Bu, when the fulln e... of'im< ,...,15 cd is Ih, ground [brc ~Ulf of you];' in toil JOU sh~1l ,al of il ~JJ tb~ days of Jour life; "fbM"l and thilfl~l it shall bringfort~ I~ JOu; dn': yow .h~ll e~! th . pl~ms of Ihr fiei': " j~ rh. lw. ~t of Jour f~" JO~ shall ,a: ~rr a d fm_yOW ,etur" t~ Ih . gro un oi . Jt!Jowrd.sirrsb~l1b'for

foroutof;tJou ... trtt~hn; JOU ~r' dust. ' And todult' JovlbAllrtturn:

Ov..v,n,: The Inah il punilhed fin, in ordtY°l>navc b•• ndrlgg.ddownwithh.r,.ndwh ...... h • ... tofthcbodt'lbouldfollo.· th.hcad .•he cOntrl'1,ha.,nfactocc .. rr.c!,.heh.ac!follow. ingth.r."of.hebody.'I>rningthing • .,p,idc

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5"" UTu .. lAlnCT Of'K.PU N,I HMI NT IMP ola o oH TH I M .. ".AuGUST ' ...: \V!,a, .hall ...... y.bo .. ,d.. judg rn.n.pronouacec! again .. ,h. man! Are pc rhap • •othink tha, u.erich,for .. homth.nc« ..iticsoflifecom. .uily.ndwhodonolLaboron,hc ..nh.hn. .",ap.d Ihi' pua i.hmen.! h ""y.:Th. carth .. ill bcc.. BCdfo.you in all yourworlu.and YOUlhlllca,fromnino.adne.. andgroaniag all .h. day. of your life. h will brong forth ,hor", and u.i.du for you. and you will ca, .b.guin of your 6.ld. In ,hc.w... of your yourbrud un .il you return brow you will .o . he earth from which you .... re takcn.fo. you Ire carth, andyou will r«urn'0 th, ..nh .- Itilcc""lnJydurtha,noone ..cap.' thilu nrcncc. For anyon. born in thtl lif. 1.1. difficultyiadac"".ring.h.....,hbcc...... of th.corruptibl.bodr.Foru Solornon say •• "Th.bodr·ha,i.nng fofth. h''''Y'. lnd ,h;.des 10 I. '0 Il'¥. nU 10 PUt llbo. and dil.comfo ... lnd [ ,,·ill.nlun' you pUI ,h. "'hol.'im...."h plin 10 tha. ,hil <xp~.,~nco ma)" pro¥•• buk~ on you'g.ni ngidelllboveyou.lu.ion.andy"" may inllead havo a Iho"gh,loyou, own mlk.llpandn.vcrl~ .. n""u,o""d.ce,vedin thes.ma"e". "YOll are .., ea,oflhegrallofthe field. In ,h •• we., of you r b"""mal' you elt your · b.. Id.:Seeho"·lft.rhildilOb.di.nc ..... ry_

thingi.impo..,donhiminanoppo"".wa)".o hi.formc.l;fcltyl.'M)'in.~ntion'nbringing

youin,o.hc world. h. is aaying. wutha'r"u ,houldliveyourlif.withou,!""inor.oil,diffi· cultyorlw.... and.h .. yoll,hould""'na "ate ofenJ"ym.nt Ind p'OlPf'''ty.lnd nor"" , ubjcc. 10 Ihcnudsofmcbod,' bu, ""f.« f.omal1.lIchlndh .... th.goodfortune,o upc.ien ecc"mplete freedom. Since. howe¥er, l uchindulgcnc.wuofnobenefi lloyoc. occord",glylcllrlelh.g.oundlothll"",m no.infv.turc y,c1d,uh ..."estuNfo•• wilh oU'lilhngandplOandi,reotored.o life again at a d.finite tim e by th. w;ll ofits Crutor and on.. mor.undergoe. a ttan.for· muion.\Vh .. ",asa.firstflesh, · f,omth • earth,.m.nofdust;'· and",a.thendissol".d tnroughdea.handagainm.dedu... nd .. he.-for"dustyou.r.;i.i . written,".nd un.odu".hallyoureturn"_i,rai •• dag.in from .h. utth. Afterward., as the merit> of .i>:indwellingooullhalld.man.:, th.perlOn

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·,hal wh., i. motul may be owaUow.d up by lif..... Ho .. 'lI uo .. 1..VITICIls6.:.'.' 0"01011 .. NO 0 1 011. G".GORY of Nnu: In me .. me .... y, when OUr n.ture bccomulubject,o,h.di•• quilibrium.nd p.ro~y.mofdi.otdc«dp ... ion.,itcneoun · ..",ho.. condi.ion • •h.'ncc.... rilyfollow • hclifcofthep:utiOIU.Butwhcn;.rc.u,n. • glln.omebl< G.> THE S WORD . AUGUS_ T, .. e: "Godpl.cedcnerubimand.flaming Iword that mov .. "-thi. could b •• aid inthe oneword",,,,,.bl.-",oguatdtncwarto.h. , ... of lif.: Thol. who tr.n.latc ,h. Heb ..", word. in Scr;p,urecauseh. kno"'s ilia: ni , heu:" wick.d (OR I (:~" ,. Cain '. COUnl.nanCe r.l1 when hi. offering " ... r.j ••,.d.nd hi s broth.r'. ,.. •• acc.pt.d (CH R" SOSToM j. The first sin of C.in i• • nvy fo, nlJ;

broth er Abel. Ca in T~fuscs God ', . ugg~S!ion ,odobetterwilhanewoffering (CHIU''-OS' TOM. EPH""M ).

4,1 · 2 Tbt Birth. ofC"in "nd A& d AOAM K .. ~ ..· E .. ~. CHUSOSTO"': After hIS di. obediencr. af'er Ih~ir loss of Ihe garden . ,h.n i,waslna'th.practiceof in,~rcou ..e hadiub'ginning.You .e•. bdor.,heird ... obedience ,he)' followed 0 life likr ,h.t of angel •. and th«. "'•• "0' m~ntionof inte , coUrs •. HOMIL1I!SONGENU'S .8.• : : CA'N \V.... CoNC."·." BIJC .. us lI AOA'" T"""'BD H IS Lov. '1"0 V[SI.I. . O .' BC"'~' SYMEOO< T H ~ NI'" T HloWC1AN: Since Ado", had been blind.d in rh . efes ofh" ,oul and had fallen fTom thr lif. imperi.habk he b.gar. ,0ioo~wi,hi". phy",
AnL Sn• • ouzu Tlt E CITY OF GOD. AUG UST'NE' Cai n was followcd br Abel. who "·U kill.d by hi,b ro,h ••• nd Hr .. cd as th. r.m proph...c Iymbol of the C"yofGod.H. wulik •• nali.nonu.th,4·..incdto,uffc. cr,,~1 p~ .. ccudon' at ,hch.nd.ofth.wickcd ",cnwhocanp.ope.lybccaUednattv•• of urth bccau ,~ ,h.y lo~. ,h LS world u th ... ho",~andfind .b~i.happ,ne u ,n .h,wo.ldly f.hci:yfthe .. rthly'ity.C'TYQ~GOO

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ling.ofhilfloclu. Weans....,rthu,hecon. cI.";on'obcduwnfromi'i',h.....crifini, a .. eryancientcunom,bceaulCourtrucand ne ,.dBook, wa,nu" h .. iti'RO ...,bc offered ncept,olheonctrueGod.Bul God doel Ro,needncrificu.ui. mOltdearly npr~".d in .h. ume ... cr.d BookA,"[ u id .o.h.lo.d,.houartmyGod.{o"houhan non •• dofmygood.:' becauu,naccep"ng or rdluingo.rcc.iy,ng.hcm ho .. lool.. ng only to man'. good. God dou no. cinho.' hc ..·.. tom.k •• noff.ring. CO .... I"'T.. lYO~· GaNlSlS ~.~., .'

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w;ckcdnu,didnotb,ginwbcn"ckillcdhi, brothcr.ForcycnbcforethatGod,whoknow, thc"un,hadno rcgard for Cain and hi.uc.ifkc. Bu,hi.bucnu. was made cvidcn, w"cn"ckilledAbcI.ONP""Tuallola.'

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nO'J\lJ •• hat".,alonehadbccn,.j.c •• dbu, al"".ha,h"b.-o,hu·'gifthadbccnacc'p,cd. HO."UuoNGH .... ".a.lI.' C ... .. ·.ANGBI..E.H ..... T ... SV .. ' .....:Ca'n ,,·uang'rbcca\lJc,h.offumgofhi,bro.hc, had bun accep .. d. Ca,n becamc.ngry on accoun,of,he r.rc ,ha, had com. down and dildnzu"hcdbcrwccn rheoffe.ingl.H" fau bccamcgloomybccauKlhcrcwul.ughlcrin .hceyc,of hupa.. n .. and hill, .. crswh.n hi. off..ing ...... '.j.ct.d.n.y had oc.n that C.in·.offcnnghadb-«ttplaccd ,n.hcmido.or th.r.rc,ndy.tth.r. .. d idnot.ouch".COM' .. iNT ....TONG ... UIS).}.) ...

if You Do W ILL, W ,u You NOT BI Acc • .,TaolCHUSOSTO":God "".hel10 def..sc.hc .... ildfr.n%yandrcmov.thc.ngcr brmun.ofhi.word •. Yo ......... ob... v.d tb.uagc.ofC.in·• •hinkingand,co.lludth. ""·ag.ryofb"dcadlymten"on;",,h.,n.cnd. a•• hil urly .. ag •• olcdatchi • •hinkingand br;ngrepo.c,oh"mJRdbypl.cmg hi. bro.h.,.ubJeClloh,mandno... nd.. m,n,ng h" ...,ho",)·.Bu,.v.nd.'p"•• uchg,ca,con· ccrnand ... chpo,cn.rcm.di ••. Caingaincd

no.hingf.omth.""'pcr'.ncc,S ...h ...... ,h. dcg ... ofdiffc,c"uin.h",arritud•• and.h. ucu. of cvil ,nlcn •. HOM'L1U 0" G ... u,s ,8.1 • . "

C .. I .. Ru u.u TO M .. " ... BIITTU, 0 •••• ,"G. EPH"." T.... SV .. l....'Godnid.oCain . ·Whyu.yo... ngry.andwh),i.you rfa« gloomy!"ln~,.adofbc;ngr.Uedw,"h.nge,.

youought.obcfiUedwithdmrc ... ln .. udo{ yo .. rfoceb.inllgloomy, •• lrl ough,.ob. no,""ngfromyoureyc •. ·lfyoudowcll.I ...;U acccp.".·No.lCc.hcntha''' ....... no,bc ....... ofthc.mallllz.ofCain·loff.. ingth •• " ..... TCj....d.ltwaono,a«eptedbccauseofh" .p".r.. lnc...ndh"lackoflloodwilJ.·lfyou dowcll,I .... iIlacc.p.i':.vcn,houghld,dno: ""CP' "bcfo,< •• ndi.wil1bm yu.h4nd. Il Menyollli/llht.tTOWlld, illhaU nolollgt. yiddloyo u ilJslTtnglh:yow l"e>Ubt IIfugitiv. and 11 w4ndtrt. On l"tta,lh.""C4in laid 10 Ih. LORD, "My puni,hmtn, is gfta, •• than 1 (an btaf. "Btbold. thou hllll dri"tn mt Ihil day away from th. g,ound: and f Tom ,hy fact I shall be hiddtn: and I Ib,,1I b. "fwg;ri~t and 4 wllnd"., 011 I"t .1I.,h, II nd W"Ot"., finds mt wiU sl4y mt." UThtn ,,,. LORD s"id fO b'm, "Nor so!' If ""J Ollt IIAJS C"in, ~tngtallct ,",,11 ht ,,,Iltll 011 h,m 1t~.lIfold.· And Ih. LoRD pUla mQf~OIl C4in .lt$! Ilny wh o CUlt upon "im Iho uld kill him.

OV ....VIBW I C"n buorn., ., rnurd~r~. by hi. o.... n.vil wil! (Sn •• o .. 'H. NEW TH.OLOO,.... ). Th. mludo"" of Abtl un bt undo,.. ood as a prmgu.ingof.h.pau,on orJu", (s....). Af,~. th~ murd~r God '1ue"")II, C.in wilh .olici,ude rolha, h~migi" rcp-ent,buICain .how. no rcp-en,anu (EPHIlDI ). H~ Imaginu ,ha, ht mal· hid~ h .. Cf1m~ f.... m God ( S"~V"'N 'H~ PUSBTTU.). Th~ inn""en, blood'pill.d by Cain CTle'Ou' nO' br word. bu,bri .. v~'rcxi.,~nce ( M.u:,,,usOf'Tu-.JN) . Th ll inn""~nl blood.!.o 'ymboli1u the blood of .he manr" (O-.JGIl>I). The puni.h· men. impaled on Cain rc.ull God ·, g.eat fo,buun« (CHII.TSOSTO") and m~rcy fOl the mll.d.... (CY-.J~OF JUUfA.LDI). Coin recelVu a mar!.: .o .hot no on. mlgh. kill h,m. Thllll •0 Indica, e.ho,.,·ili.no,delt,oye
4:9- 10 AIo.I ', BI""d Criosfro," rh Gro .. "d GOoG,vIIC .. , .. THI Pon ' I TLlT T TO RIPB .. T. E,.HI.I .. TH,Sy ......,Godappea ..d .0 Cain wi,h kindn .... 00 ,ha,ifh. r.p.n .. d. •h •• in o{mu.d" Ih., hi . I'l ng... had commi,· ,.dmigh,bedTa«dby,hecompunctionon hll Lip •. lfhcdid not •• pcn',h ....... vct•• h • .., wouLdbcd"..,.donh,mabi"trpuni.hmtn, In proponionmhi.eviL foUr,CO",,,,, .. TAU ONGINU,,}.6.,.' C .. , NR •• ".II TO R . .... Y.E.HI.I .. YH. SU.'41'"Bu.C.inwuI'lU.dwi,hwra,h instead of compuncllon. To him who know. all.whoukcdhimai>ou,hi.b.othct , no.d., . owlnh,mhack.ulntuo.. cdangrilrand uid."l do nOl know. am I myb.oth .... kc.pc.!· ... VJhu.h.n would you"y. Cain' ShouldJumcetak. v.ngun« fo. ,h. bLood .ba.crl.do".toitfO.no.!Didi.no,ddayoo tha'youmigh.rcpcn.!DidJlIl.iccnotd,,· ,an ccillelffromiuownknowl.dg•• nduk yo" ... ifitdidno.kno.·.Joth"youmlgh, confoul\Vha ....... id 10 you did no. plca.. YOu"oyoll came", Ih •• 'in 10 which it had wamed yOIl bcfo.,hand nOt tocome.Co .. "BNT.. uON GINlSIS).6,':).7.1.' C .. , .. T HI .. '" H. M ..T CO"... H .. C ..... , . SAL"'''''' YH I P RunflR: Cain wu al oner Th.mo""·lCkcdandfoolllhof m.nlnb.liev. Inj:(ha:fo.commi",nj;,hcg.u.eJ.of, rome.

;twouldb-c . ufficientifh. avoid.do.h .. human wilnouto. ln f... God was .h. pit . mary wi.n"".o hIS f.... ri(ide. Be(au.. of Th ... l.hink h eThenlha.ed.beop,nionhcldby m.ny.od.)·: .h.,God p.y' no .... nllon.o canh ly .ffair., nei,h«do
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ICCO that ,he)" woula no, ,n,erma.,y ... IIh ;um (E...... uo ). TneplaGus, T'NI ).C.inourvivel through.eveng.n.ra· tion.ofducondants(E,ou\a .. ). Th·y ··prc· Kn.thecarlhlyc;rych.litp,oplgu.d through phyoic.l binh. {Aucusmuuc.l'(>uha"".hcoamc upreuionUI.do{.hcfir"fa,ncr.Adam.bu, no. only in r.r••enct.(>.h. concep.;on of Ca'n, ... ho .... m• •oh.vebc:.nh .. fi,,,born. ,ince a li . rl.la,crScr' p,ur ••• cord •. "Ad.m Ir:new hi. wift. and.h. conc.,,,.d and btough, f(>r.h"",,"ndcalledh .. nam.Suh:' C,TY oFG(>D'S.S.' C ... , .. BlII ~ DS A C ,n·. W H' U AUL BUILT NO .. B.AUGU5T' .. E:No,,·.tti.r.cord.d(>f C .. n.h., h.b .. ih. d.)'. whi)e Abc:l, ... though h.w."'m.rell'" pilg"mon .... h.buihnon. F(>t.h •• ru.d'l' 0f.h ••• intsi. inhuven. .hough he", onnt\h "produ,c. cuiuIU In whom ",,·ande.. ason. pilgrim.gc.h!'Ough ttm.look.insfor lhclr:ingd(>m(>f ... rnity. \Vhcnma,dal'comcs." ... illguhcr,ogt.hcr all,houwho.m'ng'n.heirbod ..... haUh. v• Ih.,I"n~domglVen'o.hem'nwhlCh •• long wuh.hc"PTlnre.thcK,nsofE.. mi,),.• hc), sh.llrClgnfottv... ndc,,n • •h.. ofLamcch.and",uguhcred from lh. worldin.h.fifty·.ix. h ycaror Lamech.it il nogre.,mingma,Coin.ho.. Jd ...,main .. nril.he ...""n.h g.nera';on. Co .. . M.N T... UON G.NIS IS).Il.,. ,'''

CA,lf bron%.andiron.n.lilt(f(>fTobcl ..·.. N""ma." Thi.,.a.fa':lI,hthn"ofdcoct n, fromCain lsc'rricd.Thcr•• , •• igh'genetl · too ... ,n .11 , incl .. d,ng Adam. Th e .. ven.h .. Ih.. (>fLamcch . ... howaI.he h,,"lNtnd of twO w;ve. ;.he.ighthl • •hatofhi lchildrcn . am(>ns whom tI.he woman who il mentioned byn.me. V.'h.,IIh ... del!utcl)',n"matcd" .h."o.hcvcrycndofi.. .,.i.tcnc,,-,hc ..rth1r cil)·willbc:p,opagatcdbl'phyucalblfm. pro. ,cedIng from .ht uni(>n of the .e~U. Thi. i. whyw•• regiven.h.propcrn.m .. ofth. w;vu (>f Ihet ..., man m.nlloned ... bc:ge"'n~ childrcn_apr:ac,ice un hurdorbcro .. . h. flood . uc.pt in ,h...... (>fE" •. C ,TY (>. G(>I>

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4:23 24 LAMECH COMMITS MURDER

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... lVtS of Lamtd" b.ark.n 10 ... Ioal I say' Jlain a man for wounding mc , ayovng manforllrik;ng me. IOIfea;" uatltngedJttlufold, Inly Lamulo stvtnly.st~.nfold. ·

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Ovn.vuWlI..am.chkilbl ... anandayou ng man in ordur(>propagalO furrh •• rh. g.n .... · ti(>n.(>fC.>n.Acc(>rdingro. diff• ...,n' in"rpr.· unon. Lam., kill fW(> unknown 1"" __ bur Cam him..,lf (EPtlu,.. ). Th. mu.· d.r(>fC.'nbylh.hlndof.L.mcch,".I'g.nd .... ilhoulfoundllion.L.m.ch i•• mu.d ••• rwho doa nOI rwoundingm.anda yo .. ,hf(>,str;k"'gm •. j"", .. Godc."..d Cam ,o r~mal n ... ';'a,.ev.ngencra"on. would p.",h wuh him .... God will ca".. nit ro remain.bO:Clu"1 hav. killed.wo. 00 Ihar .. ven,y· • .,vcn Jcncra,ionl,hould die ",uh m• • 8cf(> .... h....... cnty· oenn re n ... .,onl ,.,.,ver. Wt will d, •. , " d through rh. cupofdeath.h .. w. ,.$I. ...c w ill ..c. pcfrom .h.. p.. ni.hm.ntwftich.bcca .... ofm . . ....m u<endtooev.n'y·...enJ.ncr.nEno.hm.an• "m.n'-Th. nlme Adam 11.0 rnun, ·man: hut in Hebre ..·i.can bf tbr genrrariolll of Adom. " Wbe~ God truwl man , be made bim ill rbe likeneJl of God. 'Malt ud fem~lt he created them, and he &Ieued rbem alld named tbem Man! ",hrn rbe] ",rre cruud. JWhrn Adam bad li~rd ~ bwndred' and rblrty ]earl, be bteame tb e fMber I>f a lOll in hi' own lihnell, aflfr b'l image, and 1I0med him Srth. 'The dOYl I>f Adam after be becom, the fathrr of Seth ",ue eight bwndrea' ]Url: and h, baa otber lI>nl and dugbtrrl. ITb'/J olllb, dOll thll! Adam Ii~.d IVfrr nill' h~lIdrtAatW.TNU'U THI EuNT.EpHUatTHI SY"'~N: Some Ill' that whil. Adam ...'a,look· 'ng la, Enoch J God ,ranlport~d hIm to pan· d". I.., Adam ,hink .ha, Enoch wu killed:as was Abel and 10 be: gri.ved, Thil wu 10 Ihat Adam mlgh. allO be: comfoned by Ihil jUII lonofhila nd.h .. hemigh,kno", .ha,forall ",ho ...e,"likethiIOn~,wh •• h
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F .. LL ... ANG.U UN I T I NG TO MO"TAL

A ....O SE: "Thc tianu ( Ncphilim ) w.TOon.he urth in.hooe day"." Thc.u.hot of.h.d,vln c Suipturcdou nolmun.hat tholcg.anttmustbcconlid..ed , l ccord,ng'o ,hc rrad"iono("""u,lIlOnlof ,he e..th " but u.cr .. ,h.t ,ho.c whom hc dcflnCl with l uch.n.mebccauuof thccnraordinary .i ze ofthc .. body ....TOg.nc....dby .ngcl• • nd ... omcn.Andl«ul.c.wh.. huby anychancc the mcn who only tah carc of their body and no,ofthctr l oul ITc.i milar '0 ,he Ncphilim and at tl>e ... me tlme .O.hOK g,an .. who wc .. born from theurth according to thc.alu of thcpoc tl .nd dClplled th e authority of the god. by confiding in.hc huscnc .. of ,hci r hod)·.Mult w. rcallyconl ldcr udifietcn. from gl.nu ,hou mcn who.. cycn though they arc compo.cd of body and loul,dclpiu the mo»'p ..doul good of the lOul,that i., th. """"yo(.hc mind .a ndshow,hemlclvCl ,o b.,m ltalor, of ,hi, flClh. a. ifconfirmingtha, ,h·r wcnh .... of ,hettownm oth.r"l fool" h. nc ... " They only I "'" I;'~ I lb. ""rllt4i"~JJ of III ~n ...", In lb • • " nb . ~"d Ib"l .v~r;r IIII"g;' n~"an ~f In. Ih"~gb fj "fb" b,,,rt wu o" I~' .vil '",,' inwa/ /J' Ih, Lo .." "'". 'a,,] Ih,,: ", had m"d. man on Ih, t a.lb, ~nd it gri. vt d bim ID hi l h."r:.· 'S" Ib ~ Lo.n .aid. "/ "'ill

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bl"r " .. : mu ",;,on I h "v ~ c,.IIled f rom ''' ~ jQc, of lb. gr" ~" ,",

"'" ... nd

it.",; Qn d Hrt!,i"E

OVuv II "" Aner the union of the Ion. of Scth with the daugh.enofCain, the wicked· neuofhumanlcind incrcase. {EpH ..... }. ln hi. condcmnauon of hutnMlity God lhow. bo.h sohc "ude and .. verity {S.uvl""THll'auav· T..). God·langer.CJ

l..ion.R.,hcr• • h.D,Y,II. Word.,o,mp"nmortfullj',ou"'ru.under· .u nding of ,hc Scriptu ..., lpeak.·u if ' in te rm.o( hum.n.mo,ionl. l)y ,u,ns,ir.,e,m ·'l76-77.'FC !o"'77. 'Pll'~CSEJ..U>4!'.

6:8 10 NOAH IS A RIGHT EOUS MAN IN A CO RR UP TED WORLD

' B.II NOllh' fOllndf"~or in tht tJt' oftht LOIlD. t Tbeu IIrt rht g,nmlliO"1 of NOli},.' NOli}, ' IVIII G .it bttOIlI man, bla ... dW -.n billt"m.llo,, · Koa'" IVGlired will,' God. IOlL nd NOG'" bGd Ihfte 10"1, Sbell:, HGm,' lIndJaphetb.

O"n.,· , ...·, No.h ·"·trtu•• h,n .. Ih.ough Ih. ",,,iup.cad ' 0"'''1',"0", of nil urn.,. (CH~"t50S.

TO .. }. Nolh"·.1 pc.fe« u fie .. ''''!cn' of Ih. CIty of God can be. pcrft:ct due,ng ,n." pi! .

grimage in this prcs.n, .. "hly lif. {A IJGus, TINB). He was pi"u. by his own choiu al" rim. when the obstad •• 10 virtu. were many (CNIOYSO!lTOM ).

6,g ·9NoAhFOMndF< WHAT S~", u PU.UCT~ AUGUSTINE SpcakingofNo.h.our unerring Scrip,ur • • reil us that nc",..as.just "nd perfecr m.~ in hi. genera
'v......u,-alJbi>ioal ........... hadm)'"'ldof"''' ltfl wpalllbtr .. rlh,lodwr''1''Ufl' ,b,n",/,irbllfbt Io"",h of lift fro,., .mdt. I,e"ven; tVU,I";ng 11,.. 1;, 0" lI,t r""b 11,,,// di~. " Bw. J ",illtll""_ li,I, my cotle""nl ",ill, YO II; .. nd YOIIIl, ,,11 Comt i"l o lI,t "Tk.JOII .,OIl. lon~, ,011' wifc. ""d 'OIlT ~on~' ",iVtl ",,11, JO ... " And of Cvt"living fb"fg of flub , ' Jail 11,,,11 brin: I11'o I>f tvtrJIOTl "nolbt .. rl::.loltttP l bt m"lw(",ill,JolI: Ibc,lb"Ub.m"lt"ndftm .. !r. IGOflbt birdl .. "".dinglolbrirltind! ... ndoflbt .. nim .. l!""ord;nglotb.i .J.indl.ofrtl"JfTttping tbing of'br , ... wnd ""o.din: 10 it! J.ind, IWl> "fHer] lOTI lb,,1I Comt III 10 JOw. 10 kCCp Ihcm "I,tlc: II AIJO I"kc ""Ib '0" cve.] 11>.1 of food 11,"1 i! uun. and no •• it wp; "nd It sb"l1 unt A!foodfo. JOu ""dfo. Ibtm:Z1No.. b' did Ibis; br did ,,11 Ib"l God co",,,,,,nd• .! him .

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O"...",.w, God .nnounc., that h. will wuh ."-." wllh,,·u.rlh.,,n • .,fth.w.,rld {)oHt< Of O ... M ... SCUS). The word. - I ....m•• ublllh ",). co".nan, withyou - ..c.ddru.ed ,,,all ,ho •• who ... flgh,cO"I(AM.ROSI}_ GO;.. ).

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i. in Ihe bod,·.1f Ih. mInd .. incr!aud. and borr up rb! arl:. and ir roH high above rb! Nrtb. " Tb! waur! prevailtd ana incre"ud guady "p"n tbr earrh; and !br ",k jloaud on th facc of tbe wafeT!. " And Ihe waleT! prevailed!o migb r. i1Yllpon theeartblbatallrbcbighmollntain! undertb! wholtbeaven Wtrl (ov/TelI,'Oth e

water! prevailea aoov! th, mountain! . covtring tblmfiftIC" c"bif! acep. " And alijl"h dild tbal moved upon tbl .arlb, bird!. "'Ilk beam. all swarming "ralu rc' Ihat .warm upon tb! earlb, and every man; ::evtrytbing on tbe dr)' land in wbolt nOllril. wa! Ih, brlatb of lift aird. ll HI blotua our rvery living rbing : that wM upon the fa" of tb , ground . man and animal> and creeping tbings and bird, of tb e air; they were bloma oll r from tb ~ cart;'. Only Noah ' wa,leJ:, and tbell tbal WIre witb him in rbe ar~. 2'A nd Ih , wal l" pr. vailrdupon IheraT!h" hundrtdandJiffyday> ·!.UMIo .............

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8:3-5 Tht W.IIouo:: n E.-Ma. LAliT ING P.ACIl.AuGU'TI"l, lt io not diffi · , ult .o ••• wh yu. rlaltingp... ' .....gnifi.d b,·th.oli,·.branchth",hedove.rClurn,ng. brough,back tothark. For we kno"· that th e .moo,hl urfaccofuili. not .... dilrhind ...d by .. diff.r.n'li'lu"!.And,h.o!r ...... r..elf

in ,iI.fo.mof.,orpo.... ldo .. cupon.h.Lo ,~ .... h. n h. wuhap'ilCdin.hew •• u.of .h.J .. r· dan. Not onl)"tht human b.:lngs bu t a1soth.

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l,ving ching. which che ark contained. and allothe vtry wood from which cht ark Wal made. prtfigu,., III membtn orChri.. and of thechllrch .fterOllr reccp.ionofthcwuhing of ,he wl ,tr.of regcntration.ThrOllgh . hc anoinung of Ihe ,""cred m ri.m ma,. wc bt .. gntdwithlhcgraceoftheHol)·Spi ri,.and mayhcdcign.oktcpi'inviola.c'nll.... ho h,m ... lfgavci.[.ow].je.... Chnacoll.Lord whowirh.hc almigh'j'Flrhtt,nrhcllni, y o{ rht umc HoI)'Spiri. hvulnd,cIgrufo,alJ Ige •. Amen. HO .. ,LY I.,~." T H ti

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commlnd..oard,ng, iI il bci ng mad. c1car '0 ,h. "gn,. .0Ilslba"h.,im.wncndr"hloomcdov
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Noah off. ... ucrif'icu 10 God of the dun animall. nOt of ,he " .. dun {AII';;us, nN.}. ·The Lord .melled the pleulng odor· meanl thalheln ,he ari,:,ha, ... 1 fo.mIn l,r«men'.Ju"'"in humin Iffll .. ... hen..",..on e mlkeo.prom,.. h~fo.m l ln

ag ••• m.n,andgi"... firm g.. aran'e ..... '00 th.goodLord,"id .·Seh.. ld . lmakemyc .." • • nln':Goddidn ...... y' ....'lhi s m.auiYCd,P$. ,er migh' corn. aglln ,... h.. n wh .. o;n. Ruh •• he,"id.·Beh .. ld. I rn.kt my,,,"e,,an, wi.h y..... "dJQKTolf'prj"l ·ft~JoK: S. •• h.l.ord ·• l""'ngltindneu, "", .. niy ... "h yOll.gn bring a flood upon ,h .. m. E ... T".'

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10:1 32 THE DES CEN DANTS OF JAPHETH. HAM A N D SHEM

J Th.s~

art the gt nm'tions of thr so ns of Noah. ' Shem, Ham . and Japh.th; sO n, WeTe

born 10 th~m afl ~r th~Jlood. lTh. sons of Jap herh : Gom ~T, Magog, Madai . Javon, ' Tuba l. Mes huh, and Tiras. lTh~ son. of Gomer: Ashke"az, Ripharh. and TogaTmah. "The sons of Jailor.: Elishah , Tarsh ish. Kitrim, ar.a Dodonim. ' From th elt rh. roa.tl ar. d pcoplessprtad. Tbe .. aTl the sOns ofJoph. r rh' in Ih~irlands . • och "'ith hi" own langu age . by th eir f amili es, in Ih eir narion s.' 'Th. ~onl of Ham: Cush. Egypt,! PilI. and Canaa". 'Th. sons ofClIsh: 5. ha , Havilah, Sabtah. Roamah , and Sabr'1. ..... ,.!.xx

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O"U."'II"" Th. narn.;". of Genu;. men· ,ion l o.. ly thou ducendanu of Japhe.h. Ham and Sh.m who,,· . .... \>l. ,,, fo.m ,h.i.o,,·n famibeland.olp.ud.ndiff.r.nt ••• u ofth. M,ddJ.E ...: (Auou'n .... j.Qn.ofth.ducen. danllofHam"·"IN ,mroc!. ",nocnaledou: ,h.diff... ntnauonl .... th.u,h.y utd.d

- !.XI

aownin\"otioUI '.gion.tha,theLordh.. d anigned to ,hem ( fpM~.>e). Nimrod ,,'u ,h. fint '0 iCI:. dcopotic rul. over ,he peopl. ( JillO>el j .nd,,·.... olav.of.mbidon:h. ,,·.. ntedtol>ephcth. who h.d.'gh'lOnl, .ndby.wo"f.h .. elonl,.~en gr.ndchildr.n .• hrccbyon •• on.fourb)· .h. o.htr;,n all. fiflCcn d...cndan ••. Ham. N""h·. middJe Ion, had four .oni.and by on" ofth.mfi... grandlonl •• ndbyoncofthc.. .wog.... ·g.. ndlOnl;tn.U. dcv.n .Aft •• cno· m.r."ng .h ••• ,Scrip.u ..... urnl .o .h.r.... of,h •• on •• nd"YI ."Cu,hbcg.. Nimrocl;h • ... pnrobc.gi.n.on.h.c.. th:H.,,·... gi.nt huntc •• g.. inll.he Lo,dGod,hen,c,hey 1.I)·."N,mroclam,ghtyhuntcr bcforcthc Lo.d .. Andth.bcginn.ngof h.l k,ngdom ...•.. fubylon.Ercch.Accadanduln.h. inth.l.nd of Sh.nar. Out of that land w.n. forth Auur. .ndbuihN.n.v.h.R.hoboth-I •• ndulah • • ndR ... nb ....... nNin.v.h.nd C.lah,thi. ..... grc.. cnr'" No ...' rh .. CtUh.f.. h.rof.h. gi.ntN,mrod. ... ,h.fir... nam.d.mons·hc IOn' of H.m .• o whom fi~. IOn. and ''''0 gr.ndoon . ....... ibcd . Burh•• nh.rbcg.t rh" glan:.f.. , h" 1ranci.on. wc rcborn or

whichi,mo.cc...,diblc.Scripturc lpcwof him l cp ••• tcl yon accounlofh ilcmincnc •• fo. men.ion;1 also m.adc of hi, lungdom. whicl! began with th.t mag nificcnt d ry Babylon. and th.o.h •• pl.cc..... hcth., citiu ordiltricu. mcntioncd a1ong","h it. Dill wh.rilfUo •.ud of the l.nd of Shin ... whoch bclongcd.o Nim . ro,l". kingdom-that AlIu ..... n. fonb from il .ndbuihNincveh.nd,hco,he,c"'c' mcn. .ion.dwi.hit-h'ppc ncd long.ftc •. Bu.h. .u.uoccllion,o'pcu.ofi.herconl"olln, of,h'g.andcurof.h.Auy"anlr.ingdom. which wu wonde.full y u.cndcd by Ninus aonofBchu.an.dfounduofrhcg,ulc 1IY N.n ... ch. which wu nam.d .ftc. h.m. N,n' uch. f.omNinll •. ButAu llr.fathcrofth. Auyrian •• wu no. onc of.he 1 0no of Ham. Noah·l lon.bu."follndlmongtit • • onlof Shcm. h"cldeot.on.Whcnte "'pp"'.",h.t .mongShcm·l off.pnngrbucaro ... m.n who . f•• rward..ook po..... ion of~h .. tgi.n", kingdom. and ad" lnclng from i •. fOllndcd oth.r 111.':'

Th.n he abo reigned in Arach, .hal la, In Edlloa:andinAchad,whichilno... caUed Nllibit;andinChalanne.whichwll la •• r ca1l.dSeleuciaaf.orkingStlellcu . ... h.niu nOm. had b •• n cha ng.d and which I. no'" in Jfac.call.dC ••• iphon.H ..... wQ".. · TIO",.ONG.",U,S,o.S·.o.'

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N , ...OD O U ' .BDTO B.co".A K, ,,,c;. CHBUOfTO": Th.n sacrcd ScrlP'U'" ~ou on from th,. po,n, '0 ,cll o(,hcchild.en born.o Ih. ,on. in thclc wo.ds:Now. H am b" ,h.m• •h ...b.ymigh' .pc.kbu'no.unci~I' Itlndonc.no,h ... "nd,ongunbccam.diff... .n',hrough"r;d• . T ....CT.. T ISO~· TH a Gos· PlL orJoHl< 6"0.:. 1

TH E Tow .., Is BUILT BY THB G . .. NTi PSBu " o·D'ONYS'US: \Vha, abou, ,he w.rof .he gian ... described in Genelill !t is said, God wu.fraid of.ho.e powerful men.nd r,icked,hem,.ven.hough.heywe r.buildi ng th.ir tower nO. to hann anyon. bu,fortheir own pre •• ,,·a,ion. L6TTBU 9.11°5".'

11:4-8 God

Con/II'.' Th.ir Lllngllllg.

GOD RH FaaS TO TMB T .. n'ITT WM'" HB S... YS " Ln U~ Go DOWN.· AUGUSTINE: It i. conceiv.bl•• ha. he .. ,h ..e m.)" h,v.Men an • 1lu,ion,0IhcTrinity.ifwe.uppose.hat.h. Fatheruidto.h.Son.ndth.HolrSpi,it, "Com • • letu.duc.ndandconfoundtheir tongu • ."Th.s uppo.i,ioni,.ound.Su, ifso . wemu«,ulcoutthepos,ibilitrthatangel< "'"c meant. And surel)" it i. more proper for .he ang.l •• o come to God unbidd.n. mo"cd bj·gracc .• ha, i•. bj· the thoughts that make them d."ourlj·submi .. ivc tounch.nging rruth.as '0 , h..."n.l la,,· th .. rul .. ,heir heavenl)"courl.Th.ang.1sar.no,theirow n cri .."onoftruth,bu,.dependingoncre•• ;v. tru,h .• heymo".unbidd.ntowardi,as towa,d a founta;n oflife from which ,he)" must ;mbiM wh .t th.)· do no' have of ,h.m· .el"n.And theirmOl ion is ",ithoul change, since rhey hep coming. never rod'part.CtTY OFGOD,6.6.' T HB SON Is "l" H ~ ONB W HO DB5C5N"~ TO E..... TH ... ND Co o/ PUS .. THB L ... NGV ... GH . NOV...T1A,;:Mo'''''pre.. n"Godasdesceod· ing,o th ctowerthatth •• onsofme"",e .. building . ... k,ng.oin.peClit.nd •• l"ng, "Come.lc:us godo,,·nquickl)"..ndtherecon • fuS•• , A•• D. 5. "";'UII} po. T Hi n 0 ...... Wu.... '.JUO.. E: JuS! u when holr men ltv •• ogcthcr. 11 11 a gr"'grac. and ble.. · "'g; .... lik ....".,• • hlfcongr.g.'ion ll .h. wotl.k.ndwh.n"nn".. dwoJl'ogc,h'r.Th. mO' c,'nnttl th ... arc a' onc urn., th. wor.. .her ar •. Lnd •• d,wh. n th e.ower,,·ub.. nl; buil r upagllnltG od, tho," whn wcrcbuild,ng If w.r. d,.blnd.d for th.i.ow" ",.lfarc.Th. con'piracr ,,·...viLTh.dispc.. ion ,,· • • of trll.ben.f" ••• nro,ho ..... howcr.d,,· pc ... d.Ho" , ~,ull."

TH ,

000 .. Of THI Towu Mu n 6 , R .G ... ol " u" \\.'.. .. " I NG. CHlI.nOlTo .. : The.e ... manrp·opl •• ven,od ay,.,ho ,n ,m i. .ation of th.m want 10 b... mernbcred for . u.h a.hitvem.nlS,brb u;ldin, lpi.ndid hom.., bath., porch ••• nd av.nu ••. I mcan, if you .......oukuchofth.mlVh)·th.ytoil .nd labor and l.y outluchgrcat npen •• lo no gooc! purpo •• , you would h... noth"'E bu: th ... vcrr ... ord •. Th.y would be ICek,ng'o

''GtoJ,11. WFCll,l29. ''CCLIZ5:79.

"",XI.

"Fe"',.-""" ""e

G."U,s""-9 .n.u•• ,h •• • hc;rm"mory.u...,i¥urnp"rpcll'· uy ...d,oh .... "uid.h., · thi. i.,hchou.. belo .. gi ..g.olO-.nd-IO .... hi.i.,h. pr0p",ty or ...·.nd-IO:Th... onthccanl,."ry.;.worthy not of comm~moro,ion but of cond.m ... ';on Forhu duponlholewordlcamcathc. 'cm.rlu.quwa!cnl.oco .. nd" .. uc ..... ' ion.· belong'ng"•• o·.nd _lo,h.g .... pingmi.... d.. poile.ofwidow • • ndorphan.: So . uch beh...,o.,. ,alcula.cdno•• o urnrcmcm . bu n,ehu,cn cncounccrunrcm,c"ng.ccwa. tlon . . .. , hi cv. nocoriCly.frcrduchand,n' ''c ,"",onguuofon]ooh•• ,oulumny.ndcon· dcmn."anof,h.p" .... nwhoacquind.h .... gOOc. for m.ny •• nru ..CI. Crn Of GOD r6 .• 0 .'

11:24·28

n.• .AllctJlorlofJUro",

T H. T'''B S ... " B.T""" TKB FLOOD .... 0 A ...... H..... Auc:UST ... E: But to avoid n •• d. Ic .. p.ol,~")·.wt,hallmcntionnOlthcnum. bcrofy.... uchm.mbe.ofthi' ...i•• ],v.d bu,onl)· th'ycarofhlllif.,nwh,chh.g.vt birrh.ohi.h.it.tha,w.ma)· t hult.ckonth. n"mb.. of yu .. from th. flood to Ab •• h.m .ndmaya,th ... rnc"mcluv.room.o touch b... flr and cu rlorily upon lome o.hcr m.II... ncc.uuy,oourargumcnt.1nth • • econdy.... th.n .• ft .. th.flood.Sh.m wh.nh. wao 100 y.... old hegat Arp.ch.· had: Arp.chm.d wh.n h...•.. 135 y.... old heg.'Cai n.n:C.in.nwhenh.w•• 130y.... bcg.. Salah.S.I.hhim'.lf.too ...·u .h. um. • g."·n.nh~he,.:Eb.,. Eb .. liv.dI34yu" andb.gatP.l·Il,'nwhn.. d.y •• h ... rrh ..... divid.d. P.lII" h. numbcr(>f.b~y, ... ofhi.lif. C1T\' Of GOD ,6., .... ' T H.

f J 17,

A p PENDIX

Early Christian Writers and the Documents Ciud

Tht following table lists aU

mt arly CbristUn Ooo.m~nts o;;••d in this voIum. 1»' .uthor. Whe...vail .

obk.Ce1edoc.ndTlGd.giwrd'...."" .. ....,lisl«l " mhr(>,r

·Fl-us~'W"'Ir"""'''') ·TwoBooluonGc...... Ag"' ... ' the Manichauns· (DrG...... ,""""M • ...n....-) O.. iltheG ru, ·Hcx... mcron· (H......-I.... ,,,I>aa.r_) · Homiliaonth.PWnu· (H...,;I.... sooptrPs./_) 'HomiI)' 2O.OfHumilnr" (0. 1n.1fIiI1Wt) ·Lencn· (EpuI ......) · On .... HoIrSpiri'·(Dt.l' ... ~w ••

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·ThocOO9) Muimlli ofT.. rin ·SCnnono· rColltaio .............",.n'iqw.o)

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·AgainarCcI.U$· (C-",cro..",) 'Commcnwy ""John' CC-.........,.;; '" -ntd"'''';,-.u)

·ExhonationroMartyTdom· (E.rl.c>rw.. .J........",-) 'Hama,a on Gmail· (H_u... "'~) ·Hom;lo.. onLmuou· (~,~Ltw...... ) 'On Finl PrmnpLu· (v. pn...,.....) ·OnPr.a~·(Dt ..... - r) Po,.m;u.ofLi,bon · t..:m:ronth.Sub.... nc~·

·Ongtn ol' Son· (A""""l"""') ·PwrN· (Lit
B I OGRAPHICAL SKETCHES &: SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF SELE C T ANONYMOUS WORKS

Thi'lining i. cumul .. iv~, indud'ng all the authue. and wudu; cited in this serin to date, Alua ndccufAluandeia (n.312·328 }. Bi.hopofAleundei~ ~ndp,..,de<eS$u,uf

Athan:uiu •. upon whom he a.. cned considc,' abl~ theological influence during ,he ri •• of Ariani . m. Alcund" ucgun,nlhcl.ucrh.l fof th •• ccondccn'"'rbr"ccrt.,n Monunus ,n Ph,ygia,who .• lonsw"h ccrt.in of hi. follow . en,utt ••• dor .. dcs,hcrd.,m.dw..c in'pir.d brthcHolrSpmt.L"d.of.h""then,,cor.· d., .emamo and mOll of whit 'I knowo of Mootanoarn corn .. from rhe .",11..... who ,," 0'" .S"n" ,h. mo ... m.nl. Mon.,ni.m w •• formallj'condemn.d .... he,urbefor.hr

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