Creation of man; the Garden of Eden

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1. The Works of Aurelius Augustine, a New Translation, Vol. IX- On Christian Doctrine, the Enchiridon · Aurelius Augustine

   Next the river is mentioned which watered the garden, and which was parted into four heads, the sources of four streams; and all. this has reference to the arrangements of the garden. And when this is finished, there is a repetition of the fact which had been already told, but which in the strict order of events came after all this: « And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden.”? For it was after all these other things were done that man was …

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2. The Works of Aurelius Augustine, a New Translation, Vol. IX- On Christian Doctrine, the Enchiridon · Aurelius Augustine

   with sufficient watchfulness, is discovered in difficult parts of Scripture. For certain occurrences are so related, that the narrative appears to be following the order of time, or the con- tinuity of events, when it really goes back without mentioning it to previous occurrences, which had been passed over in their proper place. And we make mistakes if we do not understand this, from applying the rule here spoken of. For example, in the book of Genesis we read, “ And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; …

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3. Religious art in France, 13 century · Emile Mâle

   It is in Origen that the allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament first appears as a finished system. He begins by laying down as an axiom that the meaning of Scripture is threefold. For Scripture is a composite whole made like man after the image of God. Even as there are in man three components, body, vital principle and soul, so there are in Scripture three mean- ings, the literal, moral and mystical.2 But, he adds, all passages of Scripture do not lend themselves to a triple interpretation ; to …

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4. Lectures on English poets, The spirit of the age · William Hazlitt

   ' The generations were prepared j the pangs, The internal pangs, were ready, the dread strife Of poor humanity's afflicted will, Struggling in vain with ruthless destiny.' In their first false step we trace all our future woe, with loss of Eden. But there was a short and precious interval between, like the first blush of morning before the day is overcast with tempest, the dawn of the world, the birth of nature from * the unapparent deep,' with its first dews and freshness on its cheek, breathing odours. Theirs …

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5. The Works of Aurelius Augustine, a New Translation, Vol. IX- On Christian Doctrine, the Enchiridon · Aurelius Augustine

   CuAr. xXv.—Cod’s judgments upon fablen men and angels. The death of the body is man’s peculiar punishment. And yet such a nature, in the midst of all its evils, could not lose the craving after happiness. . Now the evils I have mentioned are common to all who for their wickedness have been justly condemned by God, whether they be men or angels. But there is one form of punishment peculiar to man—the death of the body. God had threatened him with this punish- ment of death if he should …

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6. The Varieties of Religious Experience · William James

   The outward face of nature need not alter, but the expressions of meaning in it alter. It was dead and is alive again. It is like the difference between looking on a person without love, or upon the same person with love. In the latter case intercourse springs into new vitality. So when one’s affections keep in touch with the divinity of the world’s authorship, fear and egotism fall away; and in the equanimity that follows, one finds in the hours, as they succeed each other, a series of purely …

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