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Theodotus

Section 23

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Author: Theodotus

XXIII. As through the body the Lord spake and healed,

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so

also

formerly

by

the

prophets

,

and

now

by

the

apostles

and

teachers

.

For

the

Church

is

the

minister

of

the

Lord’s

power

.

Thence

He

then

assumed

humanity

,

that

by

it

He

might

minister

to

the

Father’s

will

.

And

at

all

times

,

the

God

who

loves

humanity

invests

Himself

with

man

for

the

salvation

of

men

,

—

in

former

times

with

the

prophets

,

and

now

with

the

Church

.

For

it

is

fitting

that

like

should

minister

to

like

,

in

order

to

a

like

salvation

.

Notes

39
ἄνθρωπον.
40
φιλάνθρωπος.