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Hippolytus

Part 6 · Introduction

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Author: Hippolytus

VI.

And an ark of imperishable wood was the

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Saviour

Himself

.

For

by

this

was

signified

the

imperishable

and

incorruptible

tabernacle

(

of

His

body

)

,

which

engendered

no

corruption

of

sin

.

For

the

man

who

has

sinned

also

has

this

confession

to

make

:

“

My

wounds

stank

,

and

were

corrupt

,

because

of

my

foolishness

.

”

But

the

Lord

was

without

sin

,

being

of

imperishable

wood

in

respect

of

His

humanity

,

—

that

is

to

say

,

being

of

the

Virgin

and

the

Holy

Spirit

,

covered

,

as

it

were

,

within

and

without

with

the

purest

gold

of

the

Word

of

God

.

Notes

1
From an Oration on “The Lord is my Shepherd.” In Theodoret, Dial. I. p. 36.
2
Ps. xxxviii. 5.