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Bro. Ignatius


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2007/3/9 上午 09:11:19

聖依勒內主教駁斥異端書–以色列藉預像學習敬畏並恆心事奉天主

天主當初造人,是為慷慨施恩;祂揀選了古聖祖,是為使他們得救。祂預先訓練百姓,雖然他們不肯服從;還是教導他們跟隨祂。天主還派遣先知們,使人在世上,帶著祂的神,並與祂共融。天主固一無所需,但祂願意與那需要祂的人們共融。祂像一位建築師,為祂所喜悅的人制定祂救恩的計劃。祂為那些在埃及不能看見祂的人,自願作嚮導;為那些在曠野中驚惶不安的人,頒佈最適合的誡命;為那些進入福地的人,準備了相當可觀的產業;祂為那些回頭歸向天父的人,宰了肥犢,穿上最好的衣服。總之,天主用各種方式教導人類參與祂的救恩計劃。

因此,若望宗徒在他的默示錄中說:「祂的聲音,好像是洪水的聲音。」是的,天主之神的水很多,因為天主父原是偉大而富有的。聖言透過所有那些水,為所有服從祂的人慷慨地予以幫助:為他們制定適於各種環境的法律。

天主藉此法律規定了如何設立帳幕,建造聖殿、揀選肋未族,舉行祭祀,奉獻犧牲,行取潔禮,以及有關敬禮天主的其他事務。

誠然,天主自己並不需要這些東西。祂常常充滿一切美善,即使在梅瑟之前,祂本身就擁有一切甘飴的馨香,和一切悅人的芬芳。但是,祂願教育那易於崇拜偶像的百姓:藉多次的干預和幫助訓誨他們、恆心服事天主。祂不時藉次要事物召喚他們去追求主要事物,就是藉象徵的事物去追求實在的事物,藉暫時的事物去追求永恆的事物,藉肉體的事物去追求屬神的事物,藉塵世的事物去追求屬神的事物。這正如祂對梅瑟所說的:「你要一一按照你在山上所看到的模式去做。」

事實上,梅瑟一連四十天之久,學習牢記天主的話,天上的特殊模式、精神的象徵,以及未來事件的預像。聖保祿宗徒也說過:「他們所飲的,是取自伴隨他們的磐石,那磐石就是基督。」敘述了在法律中所預言的一切後,保祿又說:「發生在他們身上的這一切事,都是為給人作鑑戒,並記錄下來,為勸戒我們這些生活在世末的人。」

所以,猶民藉這些鑑戒學習如何敬畏天主,並恆心事奉祂。故此,法律是為教訓他們,並為預言將來。

(四旬期第二週星期三誦讀)

Bro. Ignatius


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2007/3/9 下午 03:33:57

From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop
Israel was learning reverence for God and perseverance in his service

From the beginning God created man out of his own generosity. He chose the patriarchs to give them salvation. He took his people in hand, teaching them, unteachable as they were, to follow him. He gave them prophets, accustoming man to bear his Spirit and to have communion with God on earth. He who stands in need of no one gave communion with himself to those who need him. Like an architect he outlined the plan of salvation to those who sought to please him. By his own hand he gave food in Egypt to those who did not see him. To those who were restless in the desert he gave a law perfectly suited to them. To those who entered the land of prosperity he gave a worthy inheritance. He killed the fatted calf for those who turned to him as Father, and clothed them with the finest garment. In so many ways he was training the human race to take part in the harmonious song of salvation.
For this reason John in the book of Revelation says: His voice was as the voice of many waters. The Spirit of God is indeed a multitude of waters, for the Father is rich and great. As the Word passed among all these people he provided help in generous measure for those who were obedient to him, by drawing up a law that was suitable and fitting for every circumstance.
He established a law for the people governing the construction of the tabernacle and the building of the temple, the choice of Levites, the sacrifices, the offerings, the rites of purification and the rest of what belonged to worship.
He himself needs none of these things. He is always filled with all that is good. Even before Moses existed he had within himself every fragrance of all that is pleasing. Yet he sought to teach his people, always ready though they were to return to their idols. Through many acts of indulgence he tried to prepare them for perseverance in his service. He kept calling them to what was primary by means of what was secondary, that is, through foreshadowings to the reality, through things of time to the things of eternity, through things of the flesh to the things of the spirit, through earthly things to the heavenly things. As he said to Moses: You will fashion all things according to the pattern that you saw on the mountain.
For forty days Moses was engaged in remembering the words of God, the heavenly patterns, the spiritual images, the foreshadowings of what was to come. Saint Paul says: They drank from the rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. After speaking of the things that are in the law he continues: All these things happened to them as symbols: they were written to instruct us, on whom the end of the ages has come.
Through foreshadowings of the future they were learning reverence for God and perseverance in his service. The law was therefore a school of instruction for them, and a prophecy of what was to come.

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