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To: blue-duncan; Kolokotronis; kosta50

[BD to Kolo:] Ahh, my friend, you forgot about Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Anna and Simeon, all Old Testament saints who waited patiently for the incarnation.

And even John the Baptist, from the womb no less! :)

9,038 posted on 10/14/2007 4:10:40 PM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)

To: Forest Keeper; kosta50; blue-duncan

"And even John the Baptist, from the womb no less! :)"

Interesting you should mention him. The Fathers felt he was in a class either by himself or connected with only one other person, Panagia. You knοw, in Orthodoxy we call him "ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Ο ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΣ", John the Forerunner. He is one of the Righteous shown as being raised by Christ in the Resurrection Icon. Now, why do you suppose the Fathers were so impressed with +John the Forerunner that they put him in a class either by himself or (sort of) with Panagia? :)

9,040 posted on 10/14/2007 5:01:38 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)

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