Stelle Iste David in praelio gigantem supe...; (Mysticorum expositiones sacramentorum seu Quaestiones in Vetus Testamentum (624 - 636), In Regem I, Cap. 10, Par. 1, Col. 399 (lin. 31)) [4045]

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Text Mysticorum expositiones sacramentorum seu Quaestiones in Vetus Testamentum (624 - 636) Isidore of Seville
Quotation Iste David in praelio gigantem superavit, cum adversus populum Dei alienigenae dimicarent. Provocavit unus unum, Goliath David; provocavit superbia humilitatem, provocavit diabolus Christum.
Translation This David overcame a giant in battle, when the foreigners attacked the people of God. One of them provoked the other, that is, Goliath provoked David; his pride provoked humility, the devil provoked Christ.
Quotation source In Regem I, Cap. 10, Par. 1, Col. 399 (lin. 31)
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