Jerusalem
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Holy city in Palestine, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. St. Lietbert, Bishop of Cambrai, departed for Jerusalem and drew three thousand men to accompany him on pilgrimage.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— St. Lietbert departed for Jerusalem with three thousand men
"On departing for Jerusalem he drew with him three thousand men, who accompanied him on pilgrimage"
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— Ezra discovered new letter characters after the capture of Jerusalem and restoration of the temple under Zerubbabel
"after the capture of Jerusalem and the restoration of the temple under Zerubbabel"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Jerusalem is founded as the people of God is formed; Zion rises alongside it
"Jerusalem is founded, Zion rises"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Cyrus commanded to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem
"commanded him to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— The temple of Jerusalem is reborn and hears the lamentations and fervor of the last prophets
"That temple is reborn"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— The Levites of Jerusalem repeated the psalms of David three thousand years ago
"the same faith as the Levites of Jerusalem, at an interval of three thousand years"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Jeremiah wept over Jerusalem
"when Jeremiah wept over Jerusalem"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Jesus's last week begins in Jerusalem amid hosannas of triumph
"It begins in Jerusalem, palm in hand, amid the Hosannas of triumph"
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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The Author's Method (paragraph 48)
— Since the destruction of Jerusalem, the Rabbis have been stripped of kingdom, city, governance, temple, and letters
"ever since the destruction of Jerusalem, by which the whole nation lies stripped and abandoned of kingdom, city, governance, temple, and letters"
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— Augustine compares the riches obtained in Jerusalem under Solomon to the knowledge of the divine Scriptures
"the riches they afterwards obtained in Jerusalem, especially under Solomon"
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VI. The Old Testament as Forerunner to the New
— Moses and Elijah at the Transfiguration spoke of Christ's departure to be accomplished in Jerusalem
"to speak of the departure which He was about to accomplish in Jerusalem"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Jerusalem as the reference point for cardinal directions in Scripture
"must be understood according to the position of Judea, Jerusalem, and the Temple"
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Sacred Chronology
— Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the sacred chronology
"the Babylonian captivity and destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar"
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Sacred Chronology
— Jerusalem stormed by Nebuchadnezzar, 166 years after the founding of Rome
"before Jerusalem was stormed by Nebuchadnezzar"