The term loci theologici gradually came to denote the content, and thus the chief passages of the Bible as included in the individual loci.
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Melanchthon's treatment is not only more clear than that of his predecessor, but he draws his examples from the Bible instead of from the Church Fathers, and under Pauline influence deduces, in addition to loci communes, certain loci communissimi, such as "sin," "grace," and "law."