Palestine
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The biblical Holy Land. Referenced as the location of Jerome's Bethlehem and as one of three regions (with Egypt and Mesopotamia) full of followers of monastic Christian philosophy.
Preliminaries
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THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS A LAPIDE.
— Jerome's Bethlehem described as in Palestine
"whose holy Bethlehem, so earnestly sought by him in Palestine, I have found here in Rome"
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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.
— Palestine named as full of monastic followers
"Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia are full of those who follow this Christian Philosophy"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Judea situated in the middle of the inhabited world, the special possession of God
"Judea, situated as it were in the middle of the inhabited and cultivated world, was the land and special possession of God"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 12: And the earth brought forth
— The Council of Palestine, held under Pope Victor in AD 198, defined that the world was created at the vernal equinox
"the Council of Palestine, held under Pope Victor in the year of Christ 198, defined this very thing."
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Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament
— The Council of Palestine referenced again regarding the full moon at creation and the sun's position
"There was therefore a full moon at that time, as the Council of Palestine defined above; so that the sun illuminated one hemisphere and the moon the other."