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The Quartodecimans were early Christians who maintained the tradition derived from Judaism, and observed Pascha on the same occasion that the Jews observed Passover. In this work, Alistair Stewart-Sykes, the leading authority on Melito and the Quartodecimans, presents a unique collection of material in a format ideal for classroom use as well as for the general reader. At the head of this...
that this was originally intended to represent the presence of the Messiah. Melito uses the word aphikomenos (coming one) suddenly at the beginning of the fourth part of On Pascha, and we may therefore deduce that this is the moment at which the meal concluded, after the hearing of the basic haggadah which constitutes the third part, and the time at which the Messiah was perceived to have come in the presence of the bread. In other words the whole of On Pascha is intended to commemorate and to make
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