79. The pope, however, carries away the real honors for piety and learning when he thunders from his high seat as follows: God made two great lights, the sun and the moon; the sun represents the authority of the pope, from which his imperial majesty borrows its light as the moon does from the sun. Away with such rash impudence and vicious ambition! 80. In a similar style the ark, of Noah's story, is compared to the Roman Catholic Church, in which is found the pope with his cardinals, bishops, and prelates, while the laymen are swimming in the sea. That is, the laymen are altogether given to earthly business and would not be saved did not those helmsmen of the ark, or Church, cast boards and ropes to the swimmers, drawing them into the ark by these means. Pictures of this nature were frequently painted by monks to represent the Church. 81. Origen shows more sanity than the papists, in that his allegories conform to moral standards, as a rule. Yet, he ought to have kept in view the rule laid down by Paul, who demands that prophesy is to be the guardian of faith; for faith is edifying and the proper sphere of the Church. Rules governing morals can be laid by even heathen philosophers who know nothing whatever concerning faith. B. ALLEGORIES IN DETAIL 82-132. 1. Allegory of the baptism of the Israelites under Moses; the ark and the flood 82ff. * Points of likeness and unlikeness in the death of believers and unbelievers 84-86. * In what way is death to be conquered 87. * How all temptations are to be overcome and believers be preserved 88-90. 2. Allegories of the ark's proportions 91-92. 3. Allegories of the sun and moon 93. * To what all allegories should point 94. 4. Allegory of the cup 95-96. 5. Allegory of the dove Noah sent out of the ark 97-99. 6. Allegory of the raven Noah sent forth. a. Thoughts of the fathers on this point 100. b. The correct allegory of the raven 101-116. * The law and the teachings of the law 101-116. (1) How illustrated by the raven 102-105. * Luther's opponents falsely accuse him of forbidding good works 106-107. (2) They are no better than the intelligent moralists among the heathen 108-110. (3) They cannot quiet the conscience 111. * The raven a perfect representative of the Papists 112-113. (4) How the Papists make the unrighteous righteous and condemn the righteous 114-115. 7. Allegories of the doves in detail 116-124. * Characteristics of the dove 116. a. First dove sent forth. (1) A figure of the office of grace 117. (2) A figure of the Old Testament prophets 118-119. b. Second dove returned with the olive leaf. (1) A figure of New Testament preachers 120-122. * The fanatics and Anabaptists wait in vain for new revelations 121.