Preface.

—ment is one. Therefore it is as much as to say: Scripture kills, and those who preach Scripture according to the sense and essence of the letter are merely servants of Moses and of the letter, who preach death, 2 Corinthians 3 Original: "2. Corinth. 3." A reference to the New Testament verse 2 Corinthians 3:6: "For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.". The Spirit, however, gives life. All the Church Fathers The influential theologians of the early Christian Church. understand this as the spiritual understanding—not specifically for Origen’s original: "Origenis" interpretation or Augustine’s original: "Auguſtini", but for the Mind of Christ and the understanding of the Spirit, which presents and uses one thing in the outward appearance and husk Original: "Schelff," meaning the outer skin or rind of a fruit; here, a metaphor for the literal words of the Bible that hide a deeper truth., yet understands something else in the Spirit. They call the "letter" the grammatical sense, and everything that is understood, spoken, or said of Scripture without the Spirit and grace—by flesh, blood, and the worldly wise Original: "Weltweiſen," referring to those who rely on human philosophy rather than divine revelation., etc. The