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“One can take eternity and time to be predicates of God since, being the Ancient of Days, He is the cause of all time and eternity. Yet He is before time and beyond time and is the source of the variety of time and of the seasons. Or again, He precedes the eternal ages, for He is there before eternity and above eternity, and 'His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom' (Ps. 145:13). Amen.”

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Pope Dionysius

Pope Dionysius, the Bishop of Rome, died on December 26, 268. He was an important figure in the early Christian Church, having a profound impact on the organization and development of the Church. more

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