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Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr, in a letter to a certain queen

Hippolytus

Section 1

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Author: Hippolytus

1. He calls Him, then, “

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the

first

-

fruits

of

them

that

sleep

,

”

as

the

“

first

-

begotten

of

the

dead

.

”

For

He

,

having

risen

,

and

being

desirous

to

show

that

that

same

(

body

)

had

been

raised

which

had

also

died

,

when

His

disciples

were

in

doubt

,

called

Thomas

to

Him

,

and

said

,

“

Reach

hither

;

handle

me

,

and

see

:

for

a

spirit

hath

not

bone

and

flesh

,

as

ye

see

me

have

.

”

Notes

3
1 Cor. xv. 20.
4
Col. i. 18.
5
John xx. 27; Luke xxiv. 39.