“My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. If we follow the history alone, it appears plain that the skin of the blessed man was blackened by the multitude of ulcers. But according to the mystery of allegory, 'the skin' of Holy Church is understood as her outer appearance. For in the time of persecut…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XX
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30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
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28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
— Job 30:30 —
31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.