On the Art of the Kabbalah (1517) - Page 16

of Books.

IN THE FIRST BOOK IS TREATED

¶ Concerning the Talmud The central text of Rabbinic Judaism, consisting of the Mishnah and Gemara., and concerning those things pertaining to it.

IN THE SECOND

Concerning the Trinity of divine persons, concerning the unity of the divine essence, and concerning the divine names, through which both the divine Trinity itself with the indivisible unity of nature, and its perfections, are most excellently suggested.

IN THE THIRD

Concerning the incarnation of the Son of God, concerning the divinity of the Messiah, and his names designating his own divine nature, and concerning the fellowship, participation, and equalization of God and man.

IN THE FOURTH

Concerning the first coming of the Messiah.

IN THE FIFTH

Concerning the refutation of the arguments of the Jews of our time, who strive to prove that the Messiah has not yet come.

IN THE SIXTH

Concerning the redemption and salvation of the human race, for the sake of which the Messiah was to come.

IN THE SEVENTH

Concerning the most holy mother of the Messiah.

IN THE EIGHTH

Concerning the mysteries of the Messiah, all of which were completely fulfilled in our Lord Jesus Christ.

IN THE NINTH

Concerning the eternal rejection of the Jews, and concerning the calling and salvation of the Gentiles Non-Jewish people..

IN THE TENTH

Concerning the institution of the new divine law, which was to be established by the Messiah.

IN THE ELEVENTH

Concerning the cessation of the old divine law at the coming of the New.

IN THE TWELFTH

Concerning the second coming of the Messiah, and concerning the things to come in that time.

Now the Index of Chapters will immediately show all these things in detail. However, each individual Chapter will contain many secrets of Catholic truth: just as they have offered themselves to be plucked from original: "carpenda" the Hebrew volumes throughout our proposal; together with texts of Holy Scripture of the Old Instrument A common Latin term for the Old Testament., which will occur to us to be corrected and explained according to the original: "Hebraicam ueritatem" Hebrew truth A scholarly term referring to the original Hebrew text of the Bible as a standard for correction., for the confirmation of the Orthodox faith.