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Chapter 2

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Author: Hippolytus

Chap. ii. 7 And if you please, we say that the Word was the first-born of God, who came down from heaven to the blessed Mary, and was made a first-born man in her womb, in order that the first-born of God might be manifested in union with a first-born man.

Section 22

22. When they brought Him to the temple to present Him

‹ Salutation / Introduction Chapter 23 ›

to

the

Lord

,

they

offered

the

oblations

of

purification

.

For

if

the

gifts

of

purification

according

to

the

law

were

offered

for

Him

,

in

this

indeed

He

was

made

under

the

law

.

But

the

Word

was

not

subject

to

the

law

in

such

wise

as

the

sycophants

fancy

,

since

He

is

the

law

Himself

;

neither

did

God

need

sacrifices

of

purification

,

for

He

purifieth

and

sanctifieth

all

things

at

once

in

a

moment

.

But

though

He

took

to

Himself

the

frame

of

man

as

He

received

it

from

the

Virgin

,

and

was

made

under

the

law

,

and

was

thus

purified

after

the

manner

of

the

first

-

born

,

it

was

not

because

He

needed

this

ceremonial

that

He

underwent

its

services

,

but

only

for

the

purpose

of

redeeming

from

the

bondage

of

the

law

those

who

were

sold

under

the

judgment

of

the

curse

.

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