Moses
(Μωϋση̑ς), biblical legislator and prophet; the ideal king, according to Philo; feastday 4 Sept.One of the tasks of Christian theologians was to demonstrate that Christ was much more than “a new Moses”: Moses not only predicted the advent of Christ but “using obscure riddles shed some light on the Trinity” (pseudo-Basil of Seleukeia, PG 85:136C). Human history was construed as consisting of three stages: a period of natural law, one of Mosaic law, and one of Grace and the New Testament. God sent Moses, says ... ...
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