Whatever you see in the more material part of yourself, learn to refer to God and to the invisible part of yourself. In that way, whatever offers its… - Erasmus

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Whatever you see in the more material part of yourself, learn to refer to God and to the invisible part of yourself. In that way, whatever offers itself to the senses will become for you an occasion for the practice of piety.

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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian.

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Native Name: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Alternative Names: Erasmus of Rotterdam Desiderius Erasmus Erasmus Von Rotterdam Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam Erasmus von Rotterdam Erasmus Rotterdam
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Origen, of course, is also a great advocate of the allegorical approach. Yet I think you will have to admit that our modem theologians either despise this method of interpretation or are completely ignorant of it. As a matter of fact they surpass the pagans of antiquity in the subtlety of their distinctions. p. 63

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