"As we are clearly aware that the Savior teaches His people nothing in a merely human way, but everything by a divine and mystical wisdom, we must not understand His words literally [ĻĪ±ĻĪŗĪÆĪ½ĻĻ] but with due inquiry and intelligence we must search out and master their hidden meaning."
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Clement of Alexandria, The Rich Man's Salvation, Loeb Classical Library Volume 92, p. 281.
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