The Synagogue

Description: Jewish assembly and place of worship

Jewish assembly and place of worship. Jerome contrasts the gilded temple of the synagogue with the desert spring of the Church. Lacordaire notes the Synagogue judges Christ.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Jerome contrasts the desert spring of the Church with the gilded temple of the synagogue
"more in the desert spring of the Church than in the gilded temple of the synagogue"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — The Synagogue judges Jesus Christ
"The Synagogue judges Him"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

Section One — Jews in synagogues store the law of Moses magnificently in a tabernacle, kiss the Bible, fast if it falls to the ground
"the Jews in their synagogues store the law of Moses, as an oracle, magnificently in a tabernacle, just as we do the Sacred Eucharist"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

Argumentum — Moses formed a Church of God from the assembly and Synagogue of the Jews
"a commonwealth and Church of God from the assembly and Synagogue of the Jews"
Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — The old law lasted as long as the Jewish Synagogue lasted
"that law lasted as long as the Jewish commonwealth and Synagogue lasted, namely throughout the whole time of Judaism"