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Book Fourteen begins: coming clean before God
ON ADORATION AND WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH — BOOK FOURTEEN. That those who wish to attend the churches must be clean, washed of the stain that sin leaves, and so present themselves before God.
Cyril: I think I have now said quite enough about the tabernacle, and also about the priests and the service of the Levites, and I believe I have examined these matters closely. It would be fitting…
Greek ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΝ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΗΣΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΤΡΕΙΑΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΑΚΛΙΔΕΚΑΤΟΣ Ὅτι χρὴ τοὺς φοιτᾷν ἐθέλοντας ἐν ἐκκλησίαις, καθαροὺς καὶ ἐκνενιμμένους εἶναι τὴν ἐξ ἁμαρτίας κηλίδα, καὶ οὕτω παρίστασθαι τῷ Θεῷ. Σκηνῆς μὲν οὖν πέρι καὶ μέν τοι καὶ περὶ ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτικῆς ὑπουργίας διαρκέστατά μοι ταῦτα λελέχθαι φαίνεται, καὶ λεπτῶς διεσκέφθαι δοκῶ. Πρέ
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
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