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Chapter LX.
If, however, it be necessary to express ourselves
with precision in our answer to Celsus, who thinks that we hold the
same opinions on the matters in question as do the Jews, we would say
that we both agree that the books (of Scripture) were written by the
Spirit of God, but that we do not agree about the meaning of
their contents; for we do not regulate our lives like the Jews, because
we are of opinion that the literal acceptation of the laws is not that
which conveys the meaning of the legislation. And we maintain,
that “when Moses is read, the veil is upon their
heart,”4263
because the meaning
of the law of Moses has been concealed from those who have not
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the way which is by
Jesus Christ. But we know that if one turn to the Lord (for
“the Lord is that Spirit”), the veil being taken away,
“he beholds, as in a mirror with unveiled face, the glory of the
Lord” in those thoughts which are concealed in their literal
expression, and to his own glory becomes a participator of the divine
glory; the term “face” being used figuratively for the
“understanding,” as one would call it without a figure, in
which is the face of the “inner man,” filled with light and
glory, flowing from the true comprehension of the contents of the
law.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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