ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 10 v2

THE BAPTISM OF THE LAW. CYPRIAN: The Jews had already obtained that most ancient baptism of the law and of Moses. LETTER 73, THE BAPTISMAL CONTROVERSY 17.

DELIVERED FROM DEATH. AMBROSIASTER: Paul says the Jews were under the cloud in order to point out that everything that happened to them is meant to be understood as a picture of the truth which has been revealed to us. Under the cloud they were protected from their enemies until they were delivered from death, analogous to baptism. For when they passed through the Red Sea they were delivered from the Egyptians who died in it, and their death prefigured our baptism, which puts our adversaries to death as well. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE MEANING OF THE EXODUS. AUGUSTINE: The history of the exodus was an allegory of the Christian people that was yet to be. THE USEFULNESS OF BELIEF 8.

WATER AND SPIRIT. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: The sea is a figure of baptism with water; the cloud of the grace of baptism in the Spirit. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

THE SEA OF PROTECTION. GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: The cloud was a figure standing for the grace of the Spirit. For just as the cloud covered the Israelites and protected them from the Egyptians, so the Spirit’s grace shields us from the wiles of the devil. Likewise, just as the crossing of the sea protected them from their enemies and gave them real freedom, so baptism protects us from our enemies. That was how the Israelites came to live under the law of Moses. This is how we, in baptism, are clothed with the Spirit of adoption and inherit the covenants and confessions made in accordance with the commands of Christ. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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