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Tree of Life

TREE of Life: This was a Tree planted in the midst of Paradise, the Fruit of which had the Power of preserving the Life of Adam, if he had continued to be obedient to the Commands of God: But this Tree of Life was to him a Tree of Death, because of his Infidelity and Disobedience.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Tree of Life,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/t/tree-of-life/.

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