And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council and he was a good man, and just:
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Athanasius the Apostolic
AD 373
They also act absurdly who embalm the bodies of their dead, and do not bury them, even supposing them tobe holy. For what can be more holy or greater than our Lord's body? And yet this was placed in a tomb until it rose again the third day. For it follows, And he laid it in a hewn sepulcher.
