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30 Mar 2018

Multiple Creations


Ὁ μὲν Ἀδὰμ πέπλασται, ἡ δὲ Εὖα ᾠκοδομήθη, ἴνα δειχθῇ Θεὸς Λόγος, ἐκ Μαρίας μὲν τὸ σῶμα τὸ ἄσπιλον ἀναπλάσας ἑαυτῷ, ἐκ δὲ τῆς νυγείσης ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ πλευρᾶς τὴν νύμφην ἑαυτοῦ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν οἰκοδομῶν.

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΞΗ', Κυριλλῳ Προτευοντι
Adam was created, but Eve fashioned from him, that God the Word show that He created anew for Himself a spotless body from Mary, and that from the open side on the cross His bride that is the Church is fashioned.


Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 268, To the Primate Cyrllius

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