The Christ of the Creator had to be called a Nazarene according to prophecy; whence the Jews also designate us, on that very account, Nazerenes after Him. For we are they of whom it is written, "Her Nazarites were whiter than snow; " even they who were once defiled with the stains of sin, and darkened with the clouds of ignorance. But to Christ the title Nazarene was destined to become a suitable one, from the hiding-place of His infancy, for which He went down and dwelt at Nazareth, to escape from Archelaus the son of Herod. [Tertillian Adv Marc 4.8.1 KROYMANN Aem., CCL 1 (1954), (p.556, l.1) BP1]
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Matthew 2:22, 23
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