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VI. Neither Is There Straitness with God, nor Anything That Is Not Absolutely Perfect.—From Manuscript of the Writings of Justin · XLVI. "The God of the World;" That Is, Satan, Who Was Designated God to Those Who Believe Not

XLVIII

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As4896 therefore seventy tongues are indicated by number, and from4897 dispersion the tongues are gathered into one by means of their interpretation; so is that ark declared a type of the body of Christ, which is both pure and immaculate. For4898 as that ark was gilded with pure gold both within and without, so also is the body of Christ pure and resplendent, being adorned within by the Word, and shielded on the outside by the Spirit, in order that from both [materials] the splendour of the natures might be exhibited together.

Notes

  1. 4896

    This fragment commences a series derived from the Nitrian Collection of Syriac mss. in the British Museum.

  2. 4897

    The Syriac text is here corrupt and obscure.

  3. 4898

    See. No. viii., which is the same as the remainder of this fragment.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe (1885–96). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.