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three Fates were Clotho (who held the distaff), Lachesis (who spun the thread of life), and Atropos (who
cut it off when life was ended). Father A friar in holy orders. (See Brother .) "There is a dungeon, in whose dim, drear lightWithout father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life - i.e. Melchisedec (Heb. vii. 3). He was not the son of a priest, either on his father's or mother's side; his pedigree could not be traced in the priestly line, like that of the ordinary high priests, which can be traced to Aaron; nor did he serve in courses like the Levites, who begin and end their official duties at stated times. Jesus was a "priest after the order of Melchisedec." Neither His reputed father, Joseph, nor His mother, Mary, was of the priestly line. As priest, therefore, He was "without father, without mother," without genealogy. And, like Melchisedec, He is a "priest for ever." He fathers it on me. He imputes it to me; he says it is my bantling. |
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