Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 469

CuAP.

llj

THE TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLES

§ 78.

of the author, but as

proof

<ypa(f)i]

furnished by " as

is

aud ^eypaTrrai.

it is

written "

phrase, " for the Scripture says," " according as it is written," in is

cut

off.

is

in

;

In Rom. iv. 17, Rom. x. 11, the

By the

conclusive.

Rom.

445

words,

contradiction

xi. 8, all

This shows, indeed, that according to the apostolic Old Testament forms one whole, organically connected, and the content of which is

representation, the entire

which

is

authoritative, because

prayer of Elijah

is

it appears in this codex. quoted in Rom. xi. 2, as

Scripture saith," after which the answer of is

mentioned as

o

;)^/377 /iarto-fto?

God

Especially characteristic in this respect tation in

Rom.

iii.

10-18, which

six different chapters

Ps. x.

7,

Isaiah lix.

to his prayer

is

spirit.

referred to as one con-

viz. Ps. xiv. 1-3, Ps. v. 9, Ps. cxl. 3,

;

7,

and Ps. xxxvi. it is

that are under the law." especially in a quotation

These parts are

1.

written," and explained

the " what things soever the law saith,

it

by

speaketh to them

Teypairrai as the perfect tense,

composed of

stronger than ypa^rj^ because

"law enacted

own

the extensive quo-

is

constructed from no less than

is

introduced by a jeypaTrraL, "

a law:

the

the

(the Divine response), and

thus distinguished from the excitement of his

tinuous argument, and yet

Even

"What

it is

so

many

parts, is

equivalent to what

even

we

call

sacred" (lex lata, lex saneta est). VeypaTTTai implies not only that it occurs or is found in the Scripture, but that as an expression of truth it bears the Divine seal.

is

In the same way, after a quotation from the Psalms and what things soever the law saith " convincingly

Isaiah, the "

indicates that no importance

is attached to Isaiah nor to David, but simply to the fact that it occurs in the holy codex. In these quotations the apostles do not confine

themselves for support to the authority of pericopes or extended passages, but base their argument equally well

upon a single word from the Old Testament almost say upon a single

argument

rests

letter.

In Gal.

upon the singular " seed

" ;

;

one

may

iii.

16, the entire

if

in the original

one letter had been written differently, and the plural had appeared, the entire apostolic argument would have lost force.

Tlie

same you

find in 1 Pet.

iii.

5,

6,

its

where the

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