Letter 1137: The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
On the text "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up": Since you supposed there was a contradiction...
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Latin / Greek Original
Εἰς τὸ, « Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον " καὶ ὃν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν. » Ἐπειδὴ ἐνόμισας () ἐναντιολογίαν τινὰ γεγρά- φθαι ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ, ἐμήνυσας, δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν γευδομαρτυρίαν ἐχάλεσε () τὸ εἰρηχέναι () περὶ εἧς λύσεως χαὶ ἀναστάσεως τοῦ ναοῦ " εἴρηται γάρ" ἘΡΙΘΤΟΙΑΆΙΝ ,[Β. ΙΝ. -- ἘΡΙ5Τ. ΟΟΧΥΤΙ.
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