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Doubtful Fragments on the Psalms

Hippolytus

On Psalm lxii. 6

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Author: Hippolytus

VI.

On Psalm lxii. 6

Aliens (μετανάσται) properly so called are

‹ On Psalm lix. 11. Concerning the Jews.On Psalm lxviii. 18. Of the Enlargement of the Church. ›

those

who

have

been

despoiled

by

some

enemies

or

adversaries

,

and

have

then

become

wanderers

;

a

thing

which

we

indeed

also

endured

formerly

at

the

hand

of

the

demons

.

But

from

the

time

that

Christ

took

us

up

by

faith

in

Him

,

we

are

no

longer

aliens

from

the

true

country

—

the

Jerusalem

which

is

above

—

nor

have

we

to

bear

alienation

in

error

from

the

truth

.