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In the interpretation of Ps.Basil, the rabbit in addition to running up the mountain pursued by the hunter seeks [handwritten: τὴν πέτραν τὴν ἁλπνθίην, τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν] 625 This is the stone from the line of 103rd Psalm, [handwritten: πέτραν] [handwritten: καταφυγὴν τοῖς λαγωοῖς] 626 · As Arnobius the younger in his exegesis of the same psalm similarly xxxxxxxx characterizes the rabbit and describes him cowering behind a stone while the dog rushes by, the tradition must be as early as our [handwritten: falsely] 627 building. In a homily on this same psalm, ascribed to 628 Chrysostom, the rabbit is one of those who [handwritten: καταφυγὴν τὴν πέτραν, τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ἔχουσι, ὃι ἡς ἐναιπαύσονται] [handwritten: καὶ καθαίροντα·] He is cleansed because he is one of the unclean animals and as such is considered to represent those who are non- Jewish, or pagan. 629 Christ as the rock, a concept derived probably from
Xix It is probably not accidental that we have quoted the 103rd psalm in connection both with the birds and the rabbit. Its theme is the Lord's protection. Clement of Alexandria said that the Lord sought those who were 630 [handwritten: ταχεῖς πρὸς σωτηρίαν] and Gregory Nazianus in his sermon on baptism xxxxx advised mankind to be [handwritten: ταχὺς δὲ πρὸς] [handwritten: σωτηρίαν] 631 · No one will, I think, deny that the rabbit is [handwritten: ταχὺς πρὸς σωτηρίαν] · Thus, the dominant theme xx or side of baptism stressed in the bath in Narlidja is salvation. The Lord will feed us as he feeds the wild animals. In the Church, there is to
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