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Summaries

Summaries of Book IV — On Divination

Preamble

Certain names, when they are taken broadly, are commonly confused; what they signify is explained: prediction, foreknowledge, vaticinium, prophecy. The passage of St. Jerome is noted, together with passages in Jeremiah 13, Jeremiah 23 and 25, Hosea 9:7, Exodus 12, Exodus 18:11, Daniel 11:8, Deuteronomy 13, Jeremiah 23:25, and similar places.

What divination is; the passage Proverbs 16:10 on judicial divination; examples from Solomon, Daniel, Ariopharnes, Alfonso I of Naples, Tiberius, King Theodoric, Charlemagne, Frederick III, and Suleiman the Turk.

What conjectation is, and in what way these words are to be taken hereafter. The miracle of St. Beatrice of Este after her burial.

To cite this page

Martin Delrio, S.J., “Summaries of Book IV — On Divination,” in Investigations into Magic, Books III–IV, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/delrio-magic-3-4/41-summaries-of-book-iv-on-divination/.

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