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XLVIII.
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4896
This fragment commences a series derived from the Nitrian Collection of
Syriac mss. in the British
Museum. | therefore seventy tongues are indicated by number,
and from4897
4897 The Syriac text
is here corrupt and obscure. | 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
4898 See. No. viii.,
which is the same as the remainder of this fragment. | 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.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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