Zoological theology

The Mediaeval encyclopedia of animals both fierce and no, commonly called Bestiaries, in Latin language, the Physiologus, may written in 8^th century after Ch., at last to Latin version, because the original is between 2th and 4^th centuries; an example of theological zoology, this is an assimilation between natural behavior of animals and Gospel source, necessary to author to learn the maxims of Gospel; in fact it says, regard the lion, that: “When the lioness gives birth cub is died and to third days when father come there he blows of cub and it relive”, the deep sense of this description is whole in Gospel and resurrection of Christ, that after three days is relive to his father this is God, in fact the anonymous author of this treat says: “So the omnipotent father resurrected  among the died our Lord Christ; furthermore regard to the antelope, description is as a fierce animal and other, but to faithful  man he said: “So you must make , man of God…your horns are the two testaments, through you can throw every sin, adultery, avarice, envied, pride, homicide, drunkenness, luxury…”; a geological description, absolutely fantasy is to the stone that is called “that is “terobolem” igniferous, and these magmatic stones when are near one to other this is a male to female they are burned; the advisement to religious man is that: “Therefore men of God stay very long by women, so that  in your soul isn’t fire of luxury…”; the sawfish in opinion of author has enormous wings, that has seen he alone, but interesting to this essay is that comparison of this fish that swims following the board is similar to men that begun with strong wit but after lost it  and pride, avidity and drunkenness are won by vices; contrary the board is symbol of right men that, through feat travel securely. The caradrio, with bird, that in Middle Age was assimilated to Christ, because he is white in fact he says: “The caradrio represents our Lord. The our Lord is candid and without stain, and regard his therapeutic propriety he can cures the sick with glance and he took herself the sickness and he fly to sky, as Christ that has took the sins of human gender and has flown to sky”; thereby  every object, inclusive the animals has a meaning that has near to religion, and these interpretations are derived from time, this is Middle Age, when all could relate to omnipotent God, and the zoology is immune from this interpretation.

Alessandro Lusana