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But we, after we have thus washed him who has been convinced and has assented to our teaching, bring him to the place where those who are called brethren are assembled, in order that we may offer hearty prayers in common for ourselves and for the baptized [illuminated] person, and for all others in every place, that we may be counted worthy, now that we have learned the truth, by our works also to be found good citizens and keepers of the commandments, so that we may be saved with an everlasting salvation. Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss. There is then brought to the president of the brethren bread and a cup of wine mixed with water; and he taking them, gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe, through the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and offers thanks at considerable length for our being counted worthy to receive these things at His hands. And when he has concluded the prayers and thanksgivings, all the people present express their assent by saying Amen. This word Amen answers in the Hebrew language to genoito [so be it]. And when the president has given thanks, and all the people have expressed their assent, those who are called by us deacons give to each of those present to partake of the bread and wine mixed with water over which the thanksgiving was pronounced, and to those who are absent they carry away a portion.

And this food is called among us Eukaristia [the Eucharist], of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh. For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them, which are called Gospels, have thus delivered unto us what was enjoined upon them; that Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, said, "This do ye in remembrance of Me, this is My body;" and that, after the same manner, having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, "This is My blood;" and gave it to them alone. [Justin Apology 65, 66]

Some observations:

end with a kiss - Moses and Aaron having 'kissing' in the description of their first encounter.

gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe through the Son = Genesis 2:4 Yahweh Shamayim V'eretz = Yeshu (Irenaeus 2:22)?

Jesus made flesh - it does sound like a rather vague statement about Jesus. Who says 'Jim who was made flesh' about a real person? The implication is a supernatural being who became embodied, such as Stephen J Davis describes about the surviving Coptic understanding of the 'Incarnation' as an ongoing process. In this case however 'flesh' = the sacraments of the Eucharist = "our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh"

sotto voce

'Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.' Article VI

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ἀλλήλους φιλήματι ἀσπαζόμεθα παυσάμενοι τῶν εὐχῶν = Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss (perhaps more accurately rendered "we greet one another with a kiss having ended the prayers"). Moses and Aaron greet one another with a kiss when they first see each other.

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Exodus 4:27 LXX of Moses and Aaron - "and they kissed each other" καὶ κατεφίλησαν ἀλλήλους

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From the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity

Jesus being kissed by Judas is remarkably similar at least contextually

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Of them it is said (Ps. lxxxv. 10): "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other]"; for Moses stood for righteousness, according to Deut. xxxiii. 21, and Aaron for peace, according to Mal. ii. 6. Again, mercy was personified in Aaron, according to Deut. xxxiii. 8, and truth in Moses, according to Num. xii. 7 (Tan., Shemot, ed. Buber, 24-26).

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Ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους [John 13:34]

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

sotto voce

They had not seen each other for forty years, these brothers.

DCHindley

:eating_popcorn:

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An interesting fact which is well known to Samaritanologists. In Marqe (= the definitive exegesis of Holy Writ) it is not only Moses and Aaron who kiss

But there is an interesting kissing exchange between Moses and Jacob and the sons of Aaron. It begins with the announcement of the death of Moses which was originally made to Joshua and then new carries to Eleazar, Ithamar and Phinehas:

Then after an elaborate ceremony Moses kisses the future high priest:

Then there is another elaborate farewell where all the people kiss Moses on the hand:

The thing to keep your eye on is the fact that Moses only kisses the face of the high priest (Aaron, Eliezar).