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The Septuagint does not translate “two years,” nor does it call Hananiah a “prophet,” lest it appear to name someone a prophet who was in fact no prophet, as if not many persons in sacred Scripture were named in accordance with the opinion of the time in which they lived or according to the truth of the matter. But Joseph is called the father of the Lord. And Mary, who knew that she had conceived by the Holy Spirit (responding to the angel, “How can this be, since I have never known a man?” [Luk 1:34.]), asked her son, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Your father and I have been looking for you desperately.” [Luk 2:48.] The prudence, humility and patience ...
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