07-27-2008, 04:18 PM
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1) Aquinas, as many others of the time, used the phrase "of the Jews" to describe the old economy.
| He didn't say "of the Jews" - he said in fear of imitating the Jews. That is, to draw a distinction between Christian and Jewish practice, just as the early church fathers banned instruments in worship in fear of imitating the Greeks. As far as I could see, he didn't give any scriptural support for his fear. | The early fathers did not ban instruments in fear of "imitating the Greeks".
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"The use of singing with instruments was not received in the Christian churches as it was among the Jews in their infant state, but only the use of plain song."
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"Musical organs pertain to the Jewish ceremonies and agree no more to us than circumcision."
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