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¶ 584

Jesus went up to the Temple as the privileged place of encounter with God. For him, the Temple was the dwelling of his Father, a house of Prayer, and he was angered that its outer court had become a place of commerce. 353 He drove merchants out of it because of jealous Love for his Father: "You shall not make my Father's house a house of trade. His Disciples remembered that it was written, 'Zeal for your house will consume me.'" 354 After his Resurrection his Apostles retained their reverence for the Temple. 355

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