that it is He; that He will be a stone of stumbling, upon which
many will stumble, etc. Let people then reproach us no longer for want of
clearness, since we make profession of it.

But, it is said, there are obscurities. And without that, no one would have
stumbled over Jesus Christ, and this is one of the formal pronouncements of
the prophets: Excaeca...[148]

752. Moses first teaches the Trinity, original sin, the Messiah.

David: a great witness; a king, good, merciful, a beautiful soul, a sound
mind, powerful. He prophesies, and his wonder comes to pass. This is
infinite.

He had only to say that he was the Messiah, if he had been vain; for the
prophecies are clearer about him than about Jesus Christ. And the same with
Saint John.

753. Herod was believed to be the Messiah. He had taken away the sceptre
from Judah but he was not of Judah. This gave rise to a considerable sect.

Curse of the Greeks upon those who count three periods of time.

In what way should the Messiah come, seeing that through Him the sceptre was
to be eternally in Judah and at His coming the sceptre was to be taken away
from Judah?

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