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BONES OR SKELETONA symbol of the spiritual nature to which the higher and lower qualities of the soul are attached "By bones in holy Scripture we understand virtues as it is written The Lord keepeth all his bones not one of them shall be broken Ps xxxiv 20 His flesh shall waste away and his bones which were covered shall be laid bare Job xxxiii 21 For when every outward pleasure is worn away by the pressure of the rod the bones of inward firmness are laid bare For what is meant in this place by the word flesh but fleshly pleasure itself Or what by bones but the virtues of the soul The flesh therefore wastes away and the bones are laid bare because while carnal pleasure is brought to nought by the reproof of scourges those steady virtues are laid open which had long been concealed as it were beneath the flesh" - Gregory the Great Morals on the Book of Job Vol III pp 40 46 |
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