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The foundation stone of the church of St. John the Divine.1
The foundation stone of the church of St. John the Divine.1
The text on the stone reads in Latin:

A.M.D.G
5TH NOVEMBER 1927
ECCE TABERNACULUM DEI CUM
HOMINIBUS : ET HABITABIT CUM
EIS ET IPSI POPULUS EJUS ERUNT :
ET IPSE DEUS CUM EIS ERIT EORUM
DEUS

Which translates as:

To the Greater Glory of God
5th November 1927
Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men:
and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people:
and God Himself shall be with them and be their God2

1 Photographed May 2003.
2 From the Souvenir of the Stone Laying Ceremony

 

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