For before the advent of Christ it was not altogether possible to exhibit manifest proofs of the divine inspiration of the ancient Scripture; whereas His coming led those who might suspect the law and the prophets not to be divine, to the clear conviction that they were composed by (the aid of) heavenly grace.
De Principiis, Origen
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Fascinating. While I clearly understood promise and fulfillment between OT and NT, I had not previously thought of the fact that the fulfillment in the person of Jesus is what proved the Divine inspiration of the OT, and that outside of this fulfillment the inspiration of the OT could be in doubt.
De Principiis, Origen
http://ref.ly/o/anf04/1775133 via the Logos Bible Android app.
Fascinating. While I clearly understood promise and fulfillment between OT and NT, I had not previously thought of the fact that the fulfillment in the person of Jesus is what proved the Divine inspiration of the OT, and that outside of this fulfillment the inspiration of the OT could be in doubt.
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