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The Word puts on a body (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
body
Period
3rd century CE
4th century CE
Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire 		Channel
Apocrypha
Christian-Syriac philosophers and scholars
Christian-Syriac poets

Text
Acts of Thomas 217 (Wright):
“You are the Son and you put on a body … “

Aphrahat, Demonstrations 21.20:
Jesus, because he put on a body and humbled himself, delivered the Church and her children from death.

Ephrem Syrus, Hymns on Virginity 29.1.1-2:
The Word of the Most High came down and put on a weak body.

Doctrina Addai 27:
Even though he put on this body, he was still God with his Father.

Sources (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Acts of Thomas 217 (Wright)
Aphrahat, Demonstrations 21.20
Ephrem Syrus, Hymns on Virginity 29.1.1-2
Doctrina Addai 27

Bibliography

Brock 1992, XI 23Brock, Sebastian. Studies in Syriac Christianity, History, Literature and Theology. London: Variorum Reprints 1992.

Amar Annus


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