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'''Perfection''' was originally used in the sense of completeness, or attaining completeness.  Its more common meaning of flawlessness arose later.
 
'''Perfection''' was originally used in the sense of completeness, or attaining completeness.  Its more common meaning of flawlessness arose later.
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Perfection is a concept that originated with the [[Bible]], both in [[Psalms]] and in the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]].  See, e.g., [[Hebrews 7:11]].
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Perfection is a concept that originated with the [[Bible]], in [[Psalms]], [[Ezekiel]], and the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]].  ''See, e.g.'', Ezekiel 28:12 ("Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: 'You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.'");<ref>[[ESV]].</ref> Hebrews 7:11.
 
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