Deuteronomy 12:13 (WEB)
Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“…introduction thither, there should there be celebrated sacrifices and holocausts, as well for sins as for souls; and nowhere else but in the holy land.” — editor's note: See Lev. xvii. 1–9; Deut. xii. 1–26.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“As long as Judæa and the city existed, there were a type, and a lamb, and a shadow, since the law thus commanded: These things shall not be done in another city; but in the land of Judæa, and in no place without [the land of Judæa].” — editor's note: Deut. xii. 11, 13, 14.
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Basil the Great
“This is the special and peculiar place of true worship; for it is said “Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place…but in the place the Lord thy God shall choose.”” — editor's note: Deut. xii. 13, 14.
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