Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Hebrews 8:3
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 4, page 579, footnote 2 (Image)
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3. And at this also I am much surprised, how they have ventured to entertain such an idea as that the Word became man in consequence of His Nature. For if this were so, the commemoration of Mary would be superfluous. For neither does Nature know of a Virgin bearing apart from a man. Whence by the good pleasure of the Father, being true God, and Word and Wisdom of the Father by nature, He became man in the body for our salvation, in order that having somewhat to offer[Hebrews 8:3] for us He might save us all, ‘as many as through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage. ’ For it was not some man that gave Himself up for us; since every man is under sentence of death, according to what was said to all in Adam, ‘earth thou ...