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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cosmas Indicopleustes
From the prophecy of Lamech, the father of Noah, we learn that Noah, by means of the world-carrying Ark, was to convey men and the brute beasts into this earth of ours, for the prophecy runs somewhat to this effect: This same shall give us rest concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord God hath cursed. For this reason also Lamech gave Noah his name, which means rest
Western Saints
Jerome
And he called his name Noah, saying: This one shall bring us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
Gregory of Elvira
Thus, this construction of the ark clearly revealed a type of our Church. But there is no doubt that Noah had a figure of Christ, as indeed from the Hebrew to the Latin language Noah is called rest, just as even his father Lamech, when he imposed the name, prophesied: This one will make us rest from our works and the sorrows of our hands and from the earth, which the Lord has cursed. …
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