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Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (icon), Bulgarian icon painter

Homily from the Papyrus of Turin (Coptic)

Bulgarian icon painter, Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (icon), 17th century · Sozopol · Public domainBulgarian icon painter, Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (icon), 17th century, Sozopol

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Homily from the Papyrus of Turin (Coptic) — as quoted by Pitre (p 61); translation: Coptic homily edited by L. Th. Lefort; English

O noble Virgin, truly you are greater than any other greatness. For who is your equal in greatness, O dwelling place of God the Word?…O [Ark of the New] Covenant, clothed with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which divinity resides…You carry within you the feet, the head, and the entire body of the perfect God…you are God's place of repose.

No freely usable English translation of this passage is online, so the note keeps Pitre's quotation and links to the full text. Translation: Coptic homily edited by L. Th. Lefort; English as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church).

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'O Ark of the New Covenant, clothed with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which divinity resides.' Pitre's Egyptian witness that the Ark typology confesses Christ's divinity.

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