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Tag: Ephrem the Syrian

The Three Days of Passion Begin with the Breaking of the Bread

From the moment when he broke his body for his disciples and gave it to his apostle three days are numbered during which he was counted among the dead, like Adam. Although Adam lived for many years after having eaten the fruit of the tree, he was still numbered among the dead for having broken… Read More ›

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Jesus Takes the Inheritance from Israel and Gives it to Gentiles

He proposed another parable.”A certain man, a householder, planted his vineyard.”‘ This is like what the psalmist said, You brought a vine out of Egypt, you drove out the nations and planted it.’  He protected it with a hedge, the law, and prepared a pit in it for the winepresses, the altar, and built a… Read More ›

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