Alfonso Tostado
Bishop of Avila and prolific biblical scholar. Composed individual volumes on the Decateuch and individual Old Testament history books with keen judgment.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Saintly Examples of Scripture Study
— On the Decateuch and individual OT history books, composed individual volumes with keen judgment; Lapide once pored over him and rereads him
"I pass over Blessed Alfonso Tostado, Bishop of Avila"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Argumentum
— Holds the better view that Genesis was written after the departure from Egypt
"Theodoret, Bede, and Tostatus hold a better view"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Introduction
— Praised for writing at greater length than all others with great examination and judgment
"Alphonsus Tostatus, Bishop of Avila, wrote at greater length than all others"
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Introduction
— Given the eulogy: "Here is the wonder of the world"
"Here is the wonder of the world, who examines every knowable thing."
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Introduction
— Noted for dying in his fortieth year
"For he died in his fortieth year."
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God (Elohim): Thirteen Definitions
— Named alongside Cajetan as an opponent
"against Cajetan and Abulensis"
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Verse 3: And God said: Let there be light
— Cited for the view that light was a luminous body
"Lyra, and Abulensis hold"
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Verse 6: Let there be a firmament
— Cited for the upper waters as crystalline heaven
"Abulensis, Cajetan"
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Verse 21: And God Created the Great Sea Creatures
— Cited alongside Lyra for reporting the Jewish fable about the whales
"as Lyra and Abulensis report."
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Verse 24: Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature
— Cited in chapter 13 for the view that carnivorous animals did not exist before sin
"Abulensis, in chapter 13, where he treats these matters at length."
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Listed among supporters of the empyrean heaven interpretation
"Junilius, Bede, Abulensis, Catharinus"