Epistle 42
Paulinus's letter to Severus describing the church he built at Nola, including inscribed verses about Scripture on the left side and the Eucharist on the right.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Section One
— Paulinus attested as inscribing verses in the church at Nola about Scripture and the Eucharist
"St. Paulinus (as he himself attests in letter 42 to Severus) in the church at Nola which he had built, ordered these verses to be inscribed"
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Section One
— Verses on the right side (Eucharist)
"Here is the place, the venerable storehouse where is kept, and where Is placed the nourishing pomp of the sacred ministry;"
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Section One
— Verses on the left side (Scripture)
"If anyone is held by a holy desire to meditate on the law, Here he may sit and attend to the sacred books."