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Irenæus
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Introductory Note to Irenæus Against Heresies
[3995] [Hearts and souls; i.e., moral and mental natures. For a correct view of the patristic conceptions of the Gentiles before the law, this is valuable.]
[3996] i.e., the letters of the Decalogue on the two tables of stone.
[4001] [Most noteworthy among primitive testimonies to the catholic reception of the Decalogue.]
[4008] Latin, “aures autem perfecisti mihi;” a reading agreeable to neither the Hebrew nor Septuagint version, as quoted by St. Paul in Heb. x. 9. Harvey, however, is of opinion that the text of the old Latin translation was originally “perforasti;” indicating thus an entire concurrence with the Hebrew, as now read in this passage. [Both readings illustrated by their apparent reference to Ex. xxi. 6, compared with Heb. v. 7-9.]
[4011] Or, “the beauty,” species.
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