Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 535

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THE FACTORS OF INSPIKATION

§ 83.

II]

to this clear consciousness in

God who

of

611

thouglit, inspiration

inspires the will to inspire

tliis

or that

This element of the will was neglected in former thouo-ht. times, but in the face of the pantheistic representation of involuntary communication it now deserves a special emphasis.

A

twofold inspiration goes out from us

:

one

is

voluntary,

Voluntary when purposely we try the other involuntary. to exert a certain influence; involuntary when our act or person exerts an influence ijidependently of our will. This is so, because our self-consciousness is exceedingly limited, so that we observe a very small part only of the working

With God, however,

this is not so. it, but knowing without He is not like the star that sparkles is transparent to Himself to the deepest depths of His Being and the utmost circumference of His action. Here, therefore, is no door that stands open for every passer-by to look in at will, but a door which on each occasion is opened.

that goes out from us.

Inspiration of

itself,

therefore, presupposes in

God

the will

and the purpose, from His Divine consciousness, to introduce into the consciousness of man this or that thought, transposed and interpreted into our form of thought, and thus to reveal

The second

it

among men.

factor that claims our attention

is the

spirit

The nature of this that is inspired ; viz. the spirit of man. human consciousness may differ materially, and this difference may arise from its disposition as well as from its conWith reference to the disposition there can be affinity, tent. In the case of the venerable was a strong affinity of mind there Temple, Simeon that was given him. The inspiration the to and inclination Chapter xx. of his oracles bears in Jeremiah disposition of

neutrality, or

opposition.

in the

witness to a strong opposition against inspiration ; while in Chokmatic poetry the disposition of the singer does not

appear, and

thus remains neutral.

Of

course, with

and sympathy the subjective expression is far more strongly apparent; with an antipathetic disposition more

affinity

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