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Chapter XIX.
There
was concealed from the ruler of this world the virginity of Mary and the
birth of our Lord, and the three renowned mysteries1158
| 1158 Literally, “the mysteries of the
shout.” The meaning is here confused and obscure. See the
Greek. | which were done in the tranquillity of God from the
star. And here, at the manifestation of the Son, magic began to be
destroyed, and all bonds were loosed; and the ancient kingdom and the
error of evil was destroyed. Henceforward all things were moved together,
and the destruction of death was devised, and there was the commencement
of that which was perfected in God.1159
| 1159 Chaps. xx. and xxi. of the Greek are altogether wanting
in the Syriac. [N.B.—See spurious Epistle to Philippians, cap. 4,
infra. This concealment from Satan of the mystery of the
incarnation is the explanation, according to the Fathers, of his tempting
the Messiah, and prompting His crucifixion. Also, Christ the more
profoundly humbled himself, “ne subtilis ille diaboli oculus
magnum hoc pietatis deprehenderet sacramentum” (St. Bernard,
opp. ii. 1944). Bernard also uses this opinion very strikingly (opp. ii.
1953) in one of his sermons, supposing that Satan discovered the secret
too late for his own purpose, and then prompted the outcry, Come down
from the cross, to defeat the triumph of the second Adam. (Comp. St.
Mark i. 24 and St. Luke iv. 34,
where, after the first defeat of the tempter, this demon suspects the
second Adam, and tries to extort the secret).] | E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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