st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul
st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul
st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul
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COMMENTARIES ON HOLY SCRIPTURE.<br />
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comments on some passages, in the later Epi<strong>st</strong>les<br />
more particularly, it would almo<strong>st</strong> seem as if in he<br />
ongmal manuscript <strong>of</strong> Damascene, they had teen<br />
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text, and had been afterwards arranged by some<br />
ater transcriber, in the order which niw posseTs<br />
In ts present form, it exhibits the entire<br />
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<strong>of</strong>t a few wod words only,<br />
int<br />
sometimes <strong>of</strong> several verses<br />
together, according to the frequency <strong>of</strong> the co<br />
ments following. These latter are printed aferTe<br />
detached portion <strong>of</strong> the text in each case<br />
As the commentary is<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essedly not<br />
Damascene that <strong>of</strong><br />
himself, and his chief or only task<br />
been that<br />
has<br />
<strong>of</strong> selecting from the writings <strong>of</strong><br />
would others 1<br />
serve no purpose to give any<br />
e next two treatises, "Sacra Parallela" (for may p r ope rl y class both under<br />
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intU ma<br />
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the mam "? only comp.lations. Like many other<br />
compilatu, ns, meant rather to be<br />
than practically usefu<br />
to reflect credit on the author^ these before<br />
appear to have been so altered and added to that i<br />
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