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Hippolytus

Section 2

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Author: Hippolytus

2. Tell me, O blessed Mary, what that

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was

that

was

conceived

by

thee

in

the

womb

,

and

what

that

was

that

was

born

by

thee

in

thy

virgin

matrix

.

For

it

was

the

first

-

born

Word

of

God

that

descended

to

thee

from

heaven

,

and

was

formed

as

a

first

-

born

man

in

the

womb

,

in

order

that

the

first

-

born

Word

of

God

might

be

shown

to

be

united

with

a

first

-

born

man

.