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Presentation of Christ
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Presentation of Christ
According to old Jewish tradition a newborn male child belonged to the temple, but could be purchased back by the parents for two white doves. The aged priest Simeon to whom it had been revealed that he would not die until he saw the Redeemer performs the ceremony. In submitting to the old Jewish law, the Virgin signified her humility and demonstrated that her Son had come to fulfill the old law and not destroy it.