οὺς καὶ ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖς ἐκλεξάμενος ποιμένας τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν, καὶ αὐξηθέντων ἐπὶ 14 Jer. 3, 14. τῆς γῆς ἐν τῇ δι’ αὐτῶν ἐσομένῃ κλήσει τῶν ἐθνῶν. οὐκέτι, φησὶν, ἐροῦσιν, κιβωτὸς διαθήκης κυρίου. οὐκέτι γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰς Μώσεως ἀναδραμοῦνται σωματικωτέρας θρησκείας, ἅτε…

ue belonged to the unity of the Church in which we serve God. Moreover this is expressly contrary to Jer. 3:14, Ezech. 16:8, Osee 2:16, where the espousals of the synagogue are mentioned explicitly: so that she was not as a concubine but as a wife. Again, according to this, forni…

uam, vox Dei, quae desertores suos revocat, dicens per prophetam: Convertimini, filii, revertentes (Jer. III, 14) , et item contra virorum consuetudinem stupratam conjugem revocans ait: Audi, meretrix, verbum Domini (Ezech. XVI, 33) , et caetera. Ut autem longe nimis mortales a…