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This He did deliberately, and not from mere indulgence to the man, who, He knew, would wish to do as the law required. Argumentatur ... in leprosi purgationem ... Tetigit leprosum ... Et hoc opponit Marcion ... Christum ... verbo solo, et hoc semel functo, curationem statim repraesentasse. Quantam ad gloriae humanae aversionem pertinebat, vetuit eum divulgare.
Of course all devout people in the Middle Ages had an especial care for lepers because of that most fortunate mistranslation in Isaiah liii. 4. which we render "we did esteem Him stricken," but which the Vulgate renders putavimus eum quasi leprosum: we did esteem Him as it were a leper. Hence service to lepers was especially part of service to Christ.
Torridon. I sometimes think that as it was with Christ's natural body so it is with His mystical body: there be some members, His hands and feet and side, through which the nails are thrust, though indeed there is not one whole spot in His body inglorious erit inter viros aspectus ejus nos putavimus eum quasi leprosum but those parts of His body that are especially pained are at once more honourable and more happy than those that are not.
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