Preaching and Scripture
The necessity of Scripture study for preaching and sacred teaching; preachers must draw their arguments from the sacred pages and build on the foundation of divine authority. The ancients' discourse was woven together by Scripture in an elegant chain.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Scripture knowledge is necessary for those who hold sacred teaching chairs; the ancients' discourse was woven together by Scripture in an elegant chain.
"How useful, indeed how necessary, this very discipline of Sacred Scripture is for those who do not live for themselves alone, but share a part of their life for the benefit of others — and especially for those who hold sacred teaching chairs"
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Gregory on Job: the veins are Sacred Scripture — he who prepares for preaching must draw his arguments from the sacred pages.
"He who prepares himself for the words of true preaching must draw the origins of his arguments from the sacred pages; so that he may trace back everything he says to the foundation of divine authority"
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Saintly Examples of Scripture Study
— St. Vincent Ferrer traveled through Europe converting a hundred thousand people, carrying only a Breviary and the Bible.
"St. Vincent Ferrer, who... traveling through Italy, France, Germany, England, and Spain, converted at least a hundred thousand people, carried around only one Breviary and the Bible for preaching"
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Saintly Examples of Scripture Study
— St. Anthony of Padua was so versed in Scripture that when he preached before the Supreme Pontiff, he was greeted as the Ark of the Testament.
"St. Anthony of Padua... a man so versed in Scripture both old and new, that when he preached before the Supreme Pontiff, he was greeted by him as the Ark of the Testament"