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which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,
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Verse 5. As it is now revealed. [3] Saint Paul, as both S. Jerom and Saint John Chrysostom take notice, does not absolutely say that this mystery was not known, but only not known as it was afterwards to the apostles. For whether by this mystery we understand the incarnation of Christ, or the uniting of the Jews and Gentiles into one Church, we cannot doubt but both were revealed to Abraham, to David, to many prophets and just men in the time of the law; but now it was revealed and made known to all. Witham.
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