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4272 |
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De civitate Dei (413 - 427) Augustine of Hippo |
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sicut autem duo isaac filii, esau et iacob, figuram praebuerunt duorum populorum in iudaeis et christianis (quamuis, quod ad carnis propaginem pertinet, nec iudaei uenerint de semine esau, sed idumaei; nec christianae gentes de iacob, sed potius iudaei; ad hoc enim tantum figura ualuit, quod dictum est: maior seruiet minori): ita factum est etiam in duobus filiis ioseph; nam maior gessit typum iudaeorum, christianorum autem minor. |
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Isaac’s two sons, then, Esau and Jacob, furnish us with a symbol of the two peoples, the Jews and the Christians (although, as far as carnal descent is concerned, it is not the Jews who come from the seed of Esau, but the Idumaeans; and it is not the race of Christians who come from Jacob, but the Jews; for the symbol extends only as far as the words ‘and the elder shall serve the younger’). And the same symbolism is accomplished in the two sons of Joseph; for the elder typifies the Jews and the younger the Christians. (Trans. Dyson) |
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Lib. 16, Cap. 42 (lin. 1) |
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