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What the Fathers say

1 Kings 6:3

Western Saints

Bede

"There was also a porch in front of the temple, twenty cubits in length to correspond with the width of the temple." It had a door opposite the door of the temple and was ten cubits deep, facing the east. This porch represents the people belonging to holy church who precede the time of our Lord's incarnation, yet were not empty of faith in his incarnation. …

Homilies on the Gospels 2.25 ↗