Da die alttcstamcntlichcn Gegenstände Vorbilder Christi sind,so haben Klemens nnd andere Kirchenväter die Gewohnheit ange-nommen, dieselben geradezu mit ihm zu vermengen, von ihm auszu-sagen, was von ihnen gilt, sie mit den Namen Christus, Logos,Herr zu bezeichnen. Dies lehren z. B. folgende Stellen des Kle-mens. ')

S. 689: „Moses nannte die göttliche Einsicht allegorisch das„Holz des Lebens, das im Paradies gepflanzt war; das Paradies„kann auch die Welt sein, in welcher alles aus der Schöpfung„Hervorgegangene gewachsen ist; in dieser (der Welt) blühte auch„der Logos, da er Fleisch geworden war, und trug Frucht." Derflcischgcwordcne LogoS ist Christus; ihm wird beigelegt, was vonseinem Vorbilde, dem Lebensbaum, gilt: das Blühen und Frucht-

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