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When he had destroyed all the old , this second lawgiver, descending from the top of the spiritual mountain and carrying in his hands (similar to the
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unshakable in the force of the dogmas, like the water of life for the souls of the pious, like a knife for the tongues of the heretics, like fire for their faces. And he cried out with Paul: ‘The old has passed away. Behold! Everything has become new’ .
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