...has been elevated by the spirit of prophecy to prefigure spiritual things. BONAVENTURE Just as at the sea those who are carried away from the direction...harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, on seeing a tall beacon light or some mountain peak coming into view, so Scripture may guide those...

...exemplars for Christian virtue (32 [1.13]). Christian narratives are needed to display reality aright: Just as at sea those who are carried away from the...mountain peak coming into view, in the same way Scripture . . . may guide again to the harbor of the divine will those adrift on the sea of life with a pilotless...

...Church. St. Jerome It is faith which delivers through the blood of Christ. St. Ambrose Just as at the sea those who are carried away from the direction...harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, so Scripture may guide those adrift on the sea of life back into the harbor of the divine will. St....

...Creator Edmund of Abingdon i1175-1240 ) 59 •Snnotmn Spmt ust as at sea. those who are carried away ftom the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign. so Scripture may guide- those adrift on the sea of life back into the harbor of the Divine Will he...