Jainism Christianity and Science

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: The Indian Press Allahabad

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Moses : 'If any one die suddenly by him, straightway the head of has consecration shall be polluted, and shall be shaved' (Num. vi. 9), designating involuntary sin as sudden death. And he says that it pollutes by defiling the soul : wberefore He prescribes the cure with all speed, advising the head to be instantly sbaven; that is, -counselling the locks of ignorance which shade the reason to be shorn cleap off, that reason (whose seat is the brain), being left bare of the depse stuff of vice, may speed its way to repentance. Then after a few remarks, He adds The days before are not reckoned irrational' (Nom. v. 2), by which manifestly sins are meant which are contrary to reason. The involuntary act He calls 'sudden,' the sin be calle
irrational.' Wherefore the Word, the Instructor, has taken charge of us, in order to the prevention of sin, which is contrary to rеаѕоn."
"(To) see God ....is .... to enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Lactantius: A. N. C. L. vol. xxii. p. 199); . . . . matter is allegorically called water, the abyss (Prophetic Scriptures :. A. N. C. L. vol. xxiv. p. 117); .... fowls of the air .... (are) divine angels and lofty souls (Fragments: A.N.C.L. vol. xxiv. p. 156).
The last day' signifies as far as possible in this world,' " which is what he means by the last day, and which is preserved until the time that it shall end " (Clement: A. N. C. L. vol. iv. p. 134). The reference is to the end of the world' which will be explained in a more appropriate place subsequently.
Concerning the Lamb, we have it that it signifies, in figurative language, simplicity. Clement (A. N. C. L. vol. iv. p. 125) says:--" And that He also calls us lambs .... using the figurative appellation of lambs, which are still more tender than sheep, to express simplicity."
On page 130 of the fourth volume of the A. N. C. L.,