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Revelation 22:21

Eastern Fathers

Oecumenius

For the profane have already been shut out from the conduct of the holy and from entrance into the spiritual Jerusalem. But how could the grace of Christ our God come upon those who have been proclaimed? Make us partakers of it, Christ, through your goodness alone; for it befits you to be glorified now and ever and unto the ages. Amen.

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Western Saints

Bede

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Let the Pelagians go and, trusting in their own strength, deprive themselves of the grace of the Lord. But to the Apostle Paul, seeking help and saying: "Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Rom. VII), let John, mindful of his own name, respond and say: "The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. VII). …

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