Chapter XXVII

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[119] In these closing lines the “salubre sacramentum” is in apposition to “Ille de Samaria”--_i.e._ the “sacramentum” is the Saviour, who is also typified by the Good Samaritan. In another hymn for Christmas, Adam speaks of the concurrence in one _persona_ of Word, flesh, and spirit, and then uses the phrase “Tantae rei sacramentum” (Gautier, _o.c._ p. 5). Here the _sacramentum_ designates the visible human person of Christ, which was the life-giving _signum_ or symbol of so great a marvel (_tantae rei_) as the Incarnation. Adam has Hugo’s teaching in mind, and the full significance of his phrase will appear by taking it in connection with Hugo’s definition of the Sacrament, _ante_,