Fountain/Spring/Well

• ABOUT:
  • 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with caution)

• SOME HOLY WELLS AND FOUNTS:
  • Balikli

• SYMBOLISM:
  • Theotokos as Life-Giving Spring

• BIBLICAL FOUNTAIN IMAGERY:
  • The Fountain of Life (Pege Zoës):
    • Proverbs 14:27 Note that the LXX reads Nomos Sophou, "Law of the Wise One", not "Fear of the Lord" as in the Masoretic.
  • The Source of the Water of Life:
    • Apocalypse of John 22:1

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