Church Fatherd. 634

Modestus of Jerusalem

Who

Patriarch of Jerusalem whose sermon on Mary's Dormition is among the earliest to link her being taken into heaven with the Ark of the covenant; cited by Pius XII.

What Pitre quotes

Encomium on the Dormition of Mary 4 — God 'summoned his ark of sanctification to be brought home from Zion to himself… She is not carried like Moses' ark of old, drawn by oxen, but she is escorted and surrounded by an army, heaven's holy angels' (p 63)

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Cited by · 3

ArgumentHow the Ark typology points to the Assumption.
Encomium on the Dormition 4 (p 63)
ArgumentThe Assumption in three steps — and which came first, Revelation 12 or the Ark
Encomium on the Dormition 4 (p 63)
Argument'Incorruptible wood' — Exodus 25:5 in the Septuagint, Josephus, and Munificentissimus Deus 26
(p 63)

Passages · 1

PassageModestus — Encomium on the Dormition of Mary 4
God 'summoned his ark of sanctification to be brought home from Zion to himself… She is not carried like Moses' ark of old, drawn by oxen, but she is escorted and surrounded by an army, heaven's holy angels' (p 63)

Verses discussed · 3

See also · 2

AuthorityJohn Damascene
AuthorityMunificentissimus Deus (Pius XII, 1950)

Referenced by · 3

AuthorityJohn Damascene
AuthorityMunificentissimus Deus (Pius XII, 1950)
AuthorityPaschasius Radbertus

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