ACC ~ Mark 4 v10

FIXING MEMORY

CHRYSOSTOM: He speaks in parables that he may also make his discourse more vivid, and fix the memory of it in them more perfectly, and bring the things before their sight, as did the prophets also. THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW, HOMILY 44.3. [1]

[1] TLG 2062.152, 57.467.21-25; NPNF 1 10:281*.

THE ORGANIC UNITY OF HOLY SCRIPTURE

CHRYSOSTOM: Suppose a physician excised a portion from the side of an organism, even in that small part you would find all the elements out of which the whole is composed—nerves and veins, bones, arteries and blood, and a sample, as one might say, of the whole lump. So likewise with regard to the organic unity of the Scriptures. In each distinct portion of what is written, one may see the connection with the whole clearly appearing. THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW, HOMILY 1.8. [1]

[1] TLG 2062.152, 57.18.3-10; NPNF 1 10:4*. The whole gist of Scripture may be found implicitly in a single parable.

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