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

Hippolytus

Section 2

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Author: Hippolytus

2. In calling Him the first-fruits

,

he

testified

to

that

which

we

have

said

,

viz

.

,

that

the

Saviour

,

taking

to

Himself

the

flesh

out

of

the

same

lump

,

raised

this

same

flesh

,

and

made

it

the

first

-

fruits

of

the

flesh

of

the

righteous

,

in

order

that

all

we

who

have

believed

in

the

hope

of

the

Risen

One

may

have

the

resurrection

in

expectation

.