From this temple, which is the body of Christ, everything that is irrational and savors of merchandise must be driven away, that it may no longer be a house of merchandise. . . . And everyone who is of this nature, Jesus purifying him, [John xv, 3], puts away things that are irrational, and things that savor of selling, to be destroyed, on account of the zeal of the Logos that is in him.
Origen: Commentary on John, 21.
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