And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Cord. True charity increaseth in strength as it does in number, (St. Jerome; Worthington) though friendship may not admit of more than two persons. (Haydock)
Some explain this triple cord of the blessed Trinity, or of the three monastic vows , or the parts of penance
