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The commandments are as many as the plagues of Egypt, the beatitudes are triple three, the image of the Trinity.

— Epiphanius of Salamis

I comandamenti sono tanti quante le piaghe d'Egitto, le beatitudini sono il triplo di tre, l'immagine della Trinità.

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AAVV, Vita e detti dei padri del deserto, edited by Luciana Mortari, Roma, Città Nuova, 2005

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