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Introductory Note to Irenæus Against Heresies
Chapter XXII.—Christ assumed actual flesh, conceived and born of the Virgin.
[3742] In addition to the Greek text preserved by Theodoret in this place, we have for some way a Syriac translation, differing slightly from both Greek and Latin. It seems, however, to run smoother than either, and has therefore been followed by us.
[3749] This seems quite a peculiar opinion of Irenæus, that our first parents, when created, were not of the age of maturity.
[3750] Literally, “unless these bonds of union be turned backwards.”
[3751] It is very difficult to follow the reasoning of Irenæus in this passage. Massuet has a long note upon it, in which he sets forth the various points of comparison and contrast here indicated between Eve and Mary; but he ends with the remark, “hæc certe et quæ sequuntur, paulo subtiliora.”
[3752] Matt. xix. 30,Matt. xx. 16.
[3755] Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 20-22.
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