Prophetic oracles shine with the greatest divinity-light: clear, named, and fulfilled
Especially in the Prophets' oracles and inspirations the greatest light of divinity shines — of which we spoke already above — because it not only suffices to persuade a pious and faithful mind, but also avails much to refute the enemies of God's Word and to prove its divinity even against the profane. For if you regard the matter of the sacred oracles, they are not about things of no or slight moment, but about what looks to God's glory and the salvation of the whole human race. Nor are the prophetic oracles entangled and ambiguous, as the pagans' oracles once were, but so clear and plain that persons and place are often named in them, and the time of fulfillment is fixed beforehand with precision. Nor are they fallacious and uncertain: by the event itself most have already been proved.
Latin
XLII. Praecipue in vaticiniis et afflatibus Prophetarum divinitatis maxima lux affulget, de qua jam antea diximus, quoniam non tantum sufficit ad pium et fidelem animum persuadendum, sed etiam plurimum valet ad verbi Dei hostes redarguendos, et divinitatem illius comprobandam etiam adversus profanos. Nam si vaticiniorum sacrorum materiam spectes, non sunt de rebus nullius aut exigui momenti, sed quae ad Dei gloriam et totius Humani generis salutem spectant. Neque prophetarum praedictiones perplexae sunt et ambiguae, ut Ethnicorum olim oracula, sed clarae adeo, atque perspicuae, ut in iis personae et locus designentur propriis saepe nominibus, et precise complementi tempus praefiniatur. Neque etiam sunt fallaces et incertae, sed tales ut ipso eventu pleraeque jam comprobatae sint.