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The patriarchs and prophets by pointing out the advent of Christ, fortified thereby, as it were, the way of posterity to the faith of Christ; and so the labours of the apostles were lessened inasmuch as they gathered in the fruits of the labours of others.

Ante-Nicene Fathers — American Roberts / Donaldson / Coxe edition, Volume I · Against Heresies — unspecified — eng