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19 Apr 2025

Tearing The Veil

Ἡ τῶν ἁγίων ὁδὸς ἐν ναῷ κρυπτομένη, καὶ καταπετάσματι διειργομένη, μήπω δεδόσθαι τὸν ἁγιασμὸν ὑπεδείκνυ τῇ του Κυρίου ἡμῶν φυλαττόμενον παρουσίᾳ. Ἡνίκα διαῥῥήξας τὸ καταπέτασμα, καὶ γυμνώσας τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰ τῶν ἁγίων ἀπόῥῥητα, κεκαλυμμένα Ἰουδαίοις ὡς ἀγνώμοσιν, ὡδοποίησεν ἡμῖν πρὸς τὴν ἄνω συγγένειαν.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΣΝΒ’ Ἀλφειῳ Πρεσπυτερῳ

Source: Migne PG 78.336a
In the temple the way to the holy of holies was hidden by the curtain and this indicated that it was not yet time for the veiled presence of the Lord to be revealed. But when that cover was torn, 1 the secrets of holy things, which the Jews had hidden as sacred, were revealed to the Gentiles, and a way was given to us to gain knowledge of heavenly things.

Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 252, To Alpheius the Priest

1 Mk 15.38

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