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Ezekiel 40:7

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

And between the little chambers were five cubits. He had said one above concerning the bedchamber, and afterwards he relates that there are five cubits between the bedchambers: for the reason evidently that many bedchambers make one, just as many Churches are also called one Church. Hence also in the Apocalypse of John it is written to seven Churches, through which one catholic Church is designated. …

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 2, Homily 3 ↗