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Presentation of Christ |
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| According to old
Jewish tradition a newborn male child belonged to the temple, but could be purchased back by the parents for two white doves. The aged priest Simeon
to whom it had been revealed that he would not die until he saw the Redeemer performs the ceremony. In submitting to the old Jewish law, the Virgin signified her humility and demonstrated
that her Son had come to fulfill the old law and not destroy it. |
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