According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
il fut appelé par le sort, d'après la règle du sacerdoce, à entrer dans le temple du Seigneur pour offrir le parfum.
KJV
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
iscovered and thrown into the sea ( Jonah 1:7, sqq.): Zacharias was chosen by lot to offer incense ( Lk. 1:9 ): and the apostles by drawing lots elected Matthias to the apostleship ( Acts 1:26 ). Therefore it would seem that divination by lots is not unlawful. Objection 3: Furthe…
Augustine of Hippo
NPNF1-07. St. Augustine: Homilies on the Gospel of John; Homilies on the First Epistle of John; Soliloquies
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Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 129 (Migne)
tur: sicut de Zacharia dicitur, «secundum consuetudinem sacerdotii sorte exiit, ut incensum poneret (Luc. I, 9) .» Sed hanc figuram licuit exerceri donec veritas per Jesum compleretur: [Col. 1027D] cujus hostia tempore Paschae immolata, sed die Pentecostes, Spiritu sancto in ign…
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