Pictor’s Contrasting Preachers and Their Motives
A reflective comparison contrasts two preachers. One seeks to impress, displaying talent to best advantage, while the other, selfless, preaches Christ Jesus the Lord. The former’s appeal lies in intelligibility and fervent rhetoric. the latter serves only God’s glory.
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Christ Jesus the Lord
Gazelle Instead of Roe in Canticles Illustration
The text argues the animal in Canticles II 17 is not a roe but a gazelle, an antelope of the Hebrew za4, noting translators sometimes erred due to imperfect knowledge of names and local circumstances now better understood.