Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 06 — Section 23
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Work: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Volume 6
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series Vol. 6
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A single illustration of Augustin's allegorical interpretation will suffice. Turning away from the Psalms, where his imagination is particularly fertile along this line, I extract one on the parable of the five loaves and two fishes, as found in the XXIV. Homily on John. The five loaves mean the five Books of Moses. They are not wheaten, but barley, because they belong to the Old Testament. The nature of barley is such that it is hard to be got at, as the kernel is set in a coating of husk which is tenacious and hard to be stripped off. Such is the letter of the Old Testament, envelope…
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