Melchisedec and Christ

At the time when Abraham, in obedience to the command of the Lord, took up his residence in the land of Canaan, the Canaanites were fast deteriorating morally in all their branches. This is implied in the saying of God to Abraham that the measure of iniquity of the Canaanites was not yet full. That the tribes of Canaan, even at that early date, were steeped in idolatry is also indicated by the doing of the patriarchs that consisted in their building, in agreement with their calling, an altar to...