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Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 04 — Section 782

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Passage referenceNicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 04 — Section 782
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series Vol. 4

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86. Next, we have Tamar changing her dress; for Tamar also means changing. Still, the name of bitterness must be retained--not that bitterness in which gall was given to the Lord, but that in which Peter wept bitterly. [944] For Judah means confession; and bitterness is mingled with confession as a type of true repentance. It is this repentance which gives fruitfulness to the Church established among all nations. For "it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and that repentance and the remission of sins be preached among all nations in His name, beginning at Jerusalem." …
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library — NPNF1-04 UTF-8 text
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