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Theodotus

Section 50

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Author: Theodotus

L. An ancient said that the embryo is a living thing

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;

for

that

the

soul

entering

into

the

womb

after

it

has

been

by

cleansing

prepared

for

conception

,

and

introduced

by

one

of

the

angels

who

preside

over

generation

,

and

who

knows

the

time

for

conception

,

moves

the

woman

to

intercourse

;

and

that

,

on

the

seed

being

deposited

,

the

spirit

,

which

is

in

the

seed

,

is

,

so

to

speak

,

appropriated

,

and

is

thus

assumed

into

conjunction

in

the

process

of

formation

.

He

cited

as

a

proof

to

all

,

how

,

when

the

angels

give

glad

tidings

to

the

barren

,

they

introduce

souls

before

conception

.

And

in

the

Gospel

“

the

babe

leapt

”

as

a

living

thing

.

And

the

barren

are

barren

for

this

reason

,

that

the

soul

,

which

unites

for

the

deposit

of

the

seed

,

is

not

introduced

so

as

to

secure

conception

and

generation

.

Notes

74
Luke i. 43.