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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 15:42-47

Orthodox 1107
Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107
“Let us too imitate Joseph, taking to ourselves the body of Christ by Unity, and let us place it in a sepulchre, hewn out of the rock, that is, in a soul recollected, never forgetful of God; for this is a soul hewn out of the rock, that is, out of Christ, for He is our rock, who holds together our strength. We ought also to wrap Him in linen, that is, to receive Him in a pure body; for the linen is the body which is the clothing of the soul. We must, however, not throw open, but wrap Him up; for He is secret, closed and hidden. There follows: And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 15:42-47 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗

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