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St. Melito of Sardis #1

He who hung the earth is hanging.
He who fixed the heavens in place has been fixed in place.
He who laid the foundations of the universe has been laid on a tree.
The master has been profaned.
God has been murdered.
The King of Israel has been destroyed by an Israelite right hand.

—On Pascha, §96

Full citation: Stewart, Alistair C., trans. 2016. On Pascha: With Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the the Quartodecimans. Second Edition. Popular Patristics Series, Number 55. Yonkers, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press. Page 80.

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