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Ephrem on the doctrine of Bardesanites (1)

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Divine Triad: Father, Mother, Son
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.02 Trinity of god
01.04.02.01 Divine Triad: Father, Mother, Son
Fish
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs
02.05.04 Aquatic animals
02.05.04.02 Fish

Keywords
fish
Son of Life

Period
4th century CE
Byzantine Empire

Channel
Christian-Syriac poets

Text
Ephrem Syrus, Hymns against Heresies 55.1:
Something streamed down from that Father of Life
And the Mother became pregnant with the mystery of the fish and bore him;
And he was called Son of Life.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Ephrem Syrus, Hymns against Heresies 55.1

Bibliography

Drijvers 1980, 79

Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.

Amar Annus

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