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On Revelation 11:19

Titian, Assumption of the Virgin, 1516–1518 · Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice · Public domainTitian, Assumption of the Virgin, 1516–1518, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

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On Revelation 11:19 — as quoted by Pitre (p 60)

The temple of God was open and the Ark of the Covenant was seen. This certainly was not the Ark made by Moses, but is the Blessed Virgin…

No freely usable English translation of this passage is online, so the note keeps Pitre's quotation and links to the full text. Translation: as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero, Mary in the Middle Ages).

In Jewish Roots of Mary

Why it is cited

'This certainly was not the Ark made by Moses, but is the Blessed Virgin.' A ninth-century reader states the Ark = Woman identification outright.

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