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Hippolytus

Part 5 · Introduction

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Author: Hippolytus

V.

And for this reason three seasons of the

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year

prefigured

the

Saviour

Himself

,

so

that

He

should

fulfil

the

mysteries

prophesied

of

Him

.

In

the

Passover

season

,

so

as

to

exhibit

Himself

as

one

destined

to

be

sacrificed

like

a

sheep

,

and

to

prove

Himself

the

true

Paschal

-

lamb

,

even

as

the

apostle

says

,

“

Even

Christ

,

”

who

is

God

,

“

our

passover

was

sacrificed

for

us

.

”

And

at

Pentecost

so

as

to

presignify

the

kingdom

of

heaven

as

He

Himself

first

ascended

to

heaven

and

brought

man

as

a

gift

to

God

.

Notes

1
From the same Discourse. From Theodoret’s Second Dialogue, bearing the title “Unmixed,” ἀσύγχυτος; Works, vol. iv. p. 88.
2
1 Cor. v. 7.
3
[Man’s nature was never before in heaven. John iii. 13; Acts ii. 34.]