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Ignorance of the Scriptures is a great precipice and a deep abyss.

— Epiphanius of Salamis

L'ignoranza delle Scritture è un grande precipizio ed un profondo baratro.

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

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