Читать толкование: Книга пророка Иеремии, Глава 31, стих 31. Толкователь — Августин Иппонийский блаженный

Иеремии же принадлежит и известное пророчество о Новом завете, Ходатай которого есть Христос, изложенное мною в семнадцатой книге. Ибо это — слова Иеремии: «Вот наступают дни, говорит Господь, когда Я заключу с домом Израиля и с домом Иуды новый завет» (Иер. 31:31), и проч., что там написано. "О граде Божием". Глава XXXIII. Что в пророческом Духе предсказали о Христе и призвании язычников Иеремия и Софония.

AN EXPLICIT PROMISE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. AUGUSTINE: Nowhere, or hardly anywhere, except in this passage of the prophet, do we find in the Old Testament Scriptures any mention so made of the New Testament as to indicate it by its name. It is no doubt often referred to and foretold as about to be given, but not so plainly as to have its name mentioned. Consider, then, carefully what difference God has testified as existing between the two Testaments—the old covenant and the new. ON THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER 33.

FAITH REPLACES TRUST IN ONESELF. AUGUSTINE: Because of the offense of the old Adam, which was by no means healed by the law that commanded and threatened, it is called the old covenant. The other is called the new covenant, because of the newness of the spirit that heals the new Adam of the fault of the old. Then consider what follows, and see in how clear a light the fact is placed, that people who have faith are unwilling to trust in themselves: “Because,” says he, “this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts.” ON THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER 35.