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John 19:23

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637

But His coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. Euthymius says it was said to have been woven by the Blessed Virgin. Allegorically. This was a type of Christ"s Church, which it is not lawful to rend, and thus cause a schism. Tropologically. S. Bernard regards it as the Divine image, so implanted and impressed on nature that it cannot be torn asunder.

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