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The explanation for the attempt to link the four rings on the four corners of the Ark of the Covenant with the New Testament, is that some will go to any lengths to try to show that the New Testament was foreshadowed in some way by the Old Testament.

If the Ark was a real artefact, then it is natural that it would have four rings, one at each corner. Bishop Irenaeus insisted that there be exactly four gospels in the New Testament, just as there are four winds - thus also implying four corners. Apart from this, there is no genuine link between the four rings and the four gospels.

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