本帖最后由 αει 于 2023-11-14 15:03 编辑
太 18:21 那時,彼得進前來,對耶穌說:「主啊,我弟兄得罪我,我當饒恕他幾次呢?到七次夠嗎?」 22 耶穌說:「我告訴你,不是到七次,而是到七十個七次。」
Stratford Caldecott (2017)
The days of creation (six days of work and one of rest) are reflected in the seven days of the week. This number appears many times in scripture, being a particular favorite of St. John, for whom it is the number of the Holy Spirit. There are seven sacraments, seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, seven deadly sins, and seven virtues in the tradition of the Catholic Church. Seven represents totality, since it is the sum of four (the number of the material order) and three (the number of the Trinity). Philo calls it the “birthday of the world.” It is the largest prime within the Decad—known as the “Virgin” number because it alone does not give rise to any other number between one and ten by multiplication or division. As the combination of a square and a triangle it often appears in the composition of both iconographic and Western naturalistic art. In Jewish tradition it is represented by the seven-branched candlestick or menorah. According to the book of Tobit (12:15), Raphael is one of the “seven holy angels who present the prayers of the saints and enter into the presence of the glory of the Holy One.” An eleventh-century hymn which relates the ratios of the plants to musical tones tells us that “The nucleus (nodus) of the universe is the number seven.”
如果說七代表舊創造,基督在第八日復活:這是新的約、新的創造、新天新地、新耶路撒冷。 |