Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (1 of 2)De C. Fales (probably)

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Psalms.[handwritten: 33] Similar statements are found in other places in Ps.- Clementine,[handwritten: 34] in Clement of Rome,[handwritten: 35] in Theophilus [handwritten: Theophilus] of Antioch,[handwritten: 36] in Methodius,[handwritten: 37] in the Praedicatio [handwritten: Praedicatio] Petri, in Eusebius,[handwritten: 39] and in the Sybilline oracles.[handwritten: 40] In the Coptic [handwritten: consecration] dedication of a baptistery, the two psalms, the 113th and the 134th[handwritten: 42] in which these materials are mentioned as symbols of paganism, were recited; in the similar [handwritten: dedication] ceremony Monophysite [handwritten: ceremony], only the 113th.[handwritten: 43] It must have been a common place.

In our inscription, wood is not mentioned because it might have been confused with the tree of life, a Christian symbol. One of the earliest mentions of the tree of life is in the Revelation of St. John,

Handwritten: Και του ποταμου ενεδειξεν μοι καθαρον υδωρ ζωης λαμπρον ως κρυσταλλον εκπορευομενον εκ του θρονου του θεου και του αρνιου, κατα μεσον της πλατειας αυτης και ξυλον ζωης ... ποιουν καρπους δωδεκα, κατα μηνα εκαστον αποδιδουν τον καρπον αυτου

In the Epiphanius (Dubia aut Spuria), there is the following statement

Handwritten: Δια ξυλου ο Αδαμ θανατον εισηνεγκεν; δια ξυλου σταυρου ζωην χαρισεται

Gold and silver were probably not mentioned so that there might be no confusion of thought between riches and/or the vanity of erecting buildings and the symbols symbols of paganism. The stones are, likewise, probably large that they might not be confused with precious stones, [handwritten: λιθοι τιμιοι] and plural that they might be distinct from "the stone which the builders rejected", a [handwritten: symbol] symbol of Christ. The word