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Julius Firmicus Maternus

c. A.D. 314–360
Julius Firmicus Maternus · c. A.D. 314–360 A.D. 360
“Your stone is one that ruin follows and the disastrous collapse of tumbling towers; but our stone, laid by the hand of God, builds up, strengthens, lifts, fortifies and adorns the grace of the restored work with the splendor of everlasting immortality.For Isaiah says of this at the behest of the Holy Spirit: "Thus says the Lord: Behold, I lay a stone for the foundations of Zion, a precious stone, elect, a chief cornerstone, honored, and he that shall believe in it shall not be confounded."”
Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Isa 28:16 (ERROR OF THE PAGAN RELIGIONS 20) Source

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