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  • Quod phrasis tantum et modus quidam loquendi sit, cum dicitur:

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • * Ducit autem phrasis nos manifeste ad cogitandum de manna illo, quod ex jussu Dei in urna reponendum erat in sacratissimo Tabernaculi conclavi, per divinam providentiam ab omni corruptione praeservandum; .... quod manna vere symbolum fuit Christi virtute obedientiae suae in coe lum translati, et ibi delitescentis, usque quo Ecclesia ipsius luctam suam in his terris absolverit.

    Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863

  • This figure is the _anti-phrasis_ or _contre-verite_.

    What is Property? 1837

  • Quod phrasis tantum et modus quidam loquendi sit, cum dicitur: Deus est homo, et homo ed Deus; siquidem Divinitas nihil cum humanitate, et humanitas nihil cum Deitate realiter, hoc est, vere et reipsa, commune habeat.

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • It is true that many commentators, as Hengstenberg, omit any reference to this, and some expressly deny that there is any such; but Vitringa rightly: "Ducit autem phrasis nos manifeste ad cogitandum de manna illo, quod ex jussu

    Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863

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