Works of the Law in Ambrosiaster
I have mentioned in another post that Calvin already refers to the discussion of the works of the law in reference to ceremonials. Calvin refers back to Chrystostome, Origen, and Jerome. I had also mentioned Ambrosiaster’s reference to works of the law as sabbaths, circumcision, etc. Here are the references in his Romans commentary where Ambrosiaster brings this up from the English translation in the Ancien Christian Texts Series (Ambrosiaster. Commentaries on Romans and 1-2 Corinthians. Ancient Christian Texts. Edited by Thomas C. Oden and Gerald L. Bray. Translated by Gerald L. Bray. IVP Academic, 2009.)
| 1.9 | On serving “in my spirit” in 1.9 he mentions “not in the circumcision made with hands, nor in the new moons, nor in the sabbath or the choice of foods…” (p. 6) |
| 3.20 | Explaining which law Paul is talking about, he argues that the law has three parts: “The first part concerns the mystery of God’s divinity; the second is what is fitting according to natural law, which forbids sin, and the third is the deeds of the law, in other words, sabbaths, new moons, circumcision, et cetera.” (p.28) |
| 3.21 | On “apart from law” “…but this means apart from the law of the sabbath, the circumcision, the new moon and revenge…” (p.28) |
| 3.28 | On “apart from works of law” “in other words, without circumcision or new moons or the veneration of the sabbath…” (p.30) |
| 4.15 | “For the law of woks has ceased, that is, the observance of sabbaths, new moons, circumcision, distinction of foods, and the expiation by a dead animal or the blood of a weasel” (p.34) |
| 9.28 | The remnant will be saved by faith “because now the new moons, the sabbath, circumcision, the food laws and animal sacrifices have all be abolished…” (80) |
| 9.32 | According to Ambrosiaster the Jews claimed they were justified by works “that is, by the sabbath, the news moons, circumcision and so on.” (81) |
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