Anf-03 v.iv.vi.viii Pg 27
Joel ii. 28, 29, applied by St. Peter, Acts ii. 17, 18.
Since, then, the Creator promised the gift of His Spirit in the latter days; and since Christ has in these last days appeared as the dispenser of spiritual gifts (as the apostle says, “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son;”5554 5554
Anf-03 v.viii.lxiii Pg 9
Joel ii. 28, 29; Acts ii. 17, 18. [See last sentence. He improves upon St. Peter’s interpretation of this text (as see below) by attributing his own clear views to the charismata, which he regards as still vouchsafed to the more spiritual.]
has checked these impostures of unbelief and perverseness, reanimated men’s faltering faith in the resurrection of the flesh, and cleared from all obscurity and equivocation the ancient Scriptures (of both God’s Testaments7762 7762 We follow Oehler’s view here, by all means.
) by the clear light of their (sacred) words and meanings. Now, since it was “needful that there should be heresies, in order that they which are approved might be made manifest;”7763 7763
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 2
VERSE (18) - 1Co 7:21,22 Ga 3:28 Col 3:11
