Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday Quotes IX (Calvin, U.N., Didache, Holocaust)

But let us see what to answer to that which is said of Paul quoting this passage. The solution is not difficult. The Apostles do not avowedly at all times adduce passages, which in their whole context apply to the subject they handle; but sometimes they allude to a word only, sometimes they apply a passage to a subject in the way of resemblance, and sometimes they bring forward passages as testimonies. When the Apostles use the testimonies of Scripture, then the genuine and real truth must be sought out; but when they glance only at one word, there is no occasion to make any anxious inquiry; and when they quote any passage of Scripture in the way of resemblance, it is a too scrupulous anxiety to seek out how all the parts agree. - John Calvin (Hosea 13:14)

"...raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined." - UN Environmental Report

"When someone says he is going to exterminate you, believe him." - Holocaust surviver

And the second commandment of the Teaching; You shall not commit murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit pederasty, you shall not commit fornication, you shall not steal, you shall not practice magic, you shall not practice witchcraft, you shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is born. - Didache - Chapter 2 - AD 130

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