Scripture with the Fathers

The Holy Innocents and the Nazerene


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We learn of the Holy Innocents and how St. Augustine sees them as martyrs for Christ and relates this to infant baptism, which the Church had always done.

Jesus returns to Egypt and returns to Israel, but uses prudence in returning to Nazareth, even though his home town was Bethlehem. What is a Nazarene? Looking to Numbers and other passages in the Old Testament to understand what this means in reference to Christ.

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Scripture with the FathersBy Son of Athanasius