Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 02 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 2083
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 2
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 2
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Now breathing together (sumpnoia) [3553] is properly said of the Church. For the sacrifice of the Church is the word breathing as incense [3554] from holy souls, the sacrifice and the whole mind being at the same time unveiled to God. Now the very ancient altar in Delos they celebrated as holy; which alone, being undefiled by slaughter and death, they say Pythagoras approached. And will they not believe us when we say that the righteous soul is the truly sacred altar, and that incense arising from it is holy prayer? But I believe sacrifices were invented by men to be a pretext for eati…
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