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Hippolytus

Section 2

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Author: Hippolytus

2. And His body, though dead after the manner

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of

man

,

possesses

in

it

great

power

of

life

.

For

streams

which

flow

not

from

dead

bodies

flowed

forth

from

Him

,

viz

.

,

blood

and

water

;

in

order

that

we

might

know

what

power

for

life

is

held

by

the

virtue

that

dwelt

in

His

body

,

so

as

that

it

appears

not

to

be

dead

like

others

,

and

is

able

to

shed

forth

for

us

the

springs

of

life

.