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The Love Of God In The Old Testament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2024

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One of the Scribes … asked him which was the first commandment of all. But Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is,

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Copyright © Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers. 1953

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1 kremasthai (a) hang, as on a peg, etc.; (b) the word used of our Lord's hanging on the Cross.

2 Several Fathers simply praise Jephte. St Thomas's view is more nuancé: ‘St Jerome says he was foolish in his vowing, which lacked discretion, and wicked in keeping his vow. Yet the preceding words are the spirit of the Lord was upon him, and this because his faith and devotion which led him to make a vow were from the Holy Spirit and so too the victory he obtained; moreover the likelihood is that he repented of his wicked deed, and anyway that deed was a type of something good.’

3 cf. The magnificent study of J. de Menasce, O.P., Quand Israel aime Dieu

4 or, ‘I have drawn thee along with compassion'.

5 fides praesupponitur ad legis praecepta … fides est neccessaria tamquam principium spiritualis vitac. (II-II, 16, I.)