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Should we then adore the rivers
because they were washed clean from the contagion of idols by the baptism of
Christ? Should we then adore the rivers? Should we then adore the fact that the
arrival of the Holy Spirit was delayed for the holy man Elisha, so that the
psalmist might be applied, and when the psalmist was applied, the Holy Spirit
poured forth from his heart, through whom the Jewish people are signified? This
people does not now receive the arrival of the Holy Spirit because they do not
accept the incarnation of the Redeemer in their belief. When soon he has
completed his mission at the end of the world, he will be adorned with the
breath of the Holy Spirit and with all the gifts of charisms; should the psalmist
then be adored? Should we then adore the hem of the Lord's garment, by whose
touch a woman received healing, which signifies the belief in the Lord's
incarnation, through which gentility was healed? Should we then adore the hems?
Or because the shadow of Peter healed the sick, should the shadows then be
adored? Therefore, as we have previously stated, not all things through which
or in which certain miracles have been shown by God's ordination are considered
worthy of adoration. If these things in which miracles appeared are not to be
adored, then much less should images be considered worthy of adoration, in
which or through which no miracles are shown by any authentic writings.
Therefore, as we have previously stated, not all things through which or in
which certain miracles have been shown by God's ordination are considered
worthy of adoration. If these things in which miracles appeared are not to be
adored, then much less should images be considered worthy of adoration, in
which or through which no miracles are shown by any authentic writings. (source;
number in square brackets refers to the page number of the original
language source)
