As the early Church Historian Eusebius said, "Many were led astray by reading the allegorical contents of the scriptures literally in the method of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Why is this the case when it has been stated, time and time again, that the written body of the scriptures are -- as Paul referred to them -- the "letter that killeth."
On the same note, individuals such as the early Christian Church Father Origen wrote, “It is sufficient however, to represent in the style of a historic narrative what is intended to convey a secret meaning in the garb of history, that those who have the capacity may work out for themselves all that relates to the subject.”
Origen also wrote, "I believe that every man must hold these things for images, under which the hidden sense lies concealed."
2007-04-12
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