An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr: Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second CenturyBeaven, James
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An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr: Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second Century
Beaven, James
Gnosticism; Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
juniorem, bonos oculos habentem, Rachel, quæ præfigurabat Ecclesiam,
propter quam sustinuit Christus: qui tunc quidem per Patriarchas
suos et Prophetas præfigurans et prænuntians futura, præexercens
suam partem dispositionibus Dei, et assuescens hæreditatem suam
obedire Deo, et peregrinari in sæculo, et sequi verbum ejus, et
præsignificare futura. Nihil enim vacuum, neque sine signo apud
Deum.
488 IV. xx. 12. Sic autem et Raab fornicaria semetipsam quidem
condemnans, quoniam esset gentilis, omnium peccatorum rea, suscepit
autem tres speculatores, qui speculabantur universam terram, et apud
se abscondit, Patrem scilicet et Filium cum Spiritu sancto. Et cum
universa civitas, in qua habitabat, concidisset in ruinam,
canentibus septem tubicinis, in ultimis Raab fornicaria conservata
est cum universa domo sua, fide signi coccini: sicut et Dominus
dicebat his, qui adventum ejus non excipiebant, Pharisæis scilicet,
et coccini signum nullificant, quod erat pascha, redemptio et exodus
populi ex Ægypto, dicens: “Publicani et meretrices præcedunt vos in
Regno cœlorum.”
The same type is acknowledged by Clement of Rome, in his _First
Epistle to the Corinthians_, § 12. Καὶ προσέθεντο αὐτῇ δοῦναι
σημεῖον, ὅπως κρεμάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς κόκκινον, πρόδηλον
ποιοῦντες ὅτι διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Κυρίου λύτρωσις ἔσται πᾶσι τοῖς
πιστεύουσιν καὶ ἐλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν Θεόν.——Likewise by Justin,
_Tryph._ 111. Καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύμβολον τοῦ κοκκίνου σπαρτίου, οὗ ἔδωκαν
... οἱ κατάσκοποι Ῥαὰβ τῇ πόρνῃ, ... ὁμοίως τὸ σύμβολον τοῦ αἵματος
τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐδήλου, δι᾽ οὗ οἱ πάλαι πόρνοι καὶ ἄδικοι ἐκ πάντων τῶν
ἐθνῶν σώζονται, ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν λαβόντες.
489 Frag. xix. Λάβε πρὸς σεαυτὸν τὸν Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν Ναυῆ. Ἔδει γὰρ ἐξ
Αἰγύπτου Μωüσῆν τὸν λαὸν ἐξαγαγεῖν, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῶν εἰς τὴν
κληροδοσίαν εἰσαγαγεῖν· καὶ τὸν μὲν Μωüσῆν, ὡς νόμον, ἀνάπαυλαν
λαμβάνειν, Ἰησοῦν δὲ, ὡς Λόγον, καὶ τοῦ ἐνυποστάτου Λόγου τύπον
ἀψευδῆ, τῷ λαῷ δημηγορεῖν· καὶ τὸν μὲν Μωüσῆν τὸ μάννα τοῖς πατράσι
τροφὴν διδόναι, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν τὸν νέον ἄρτι [rather ἄρτον], τὴν
ἀπαρχὴν τῆς ζωῆς, τύπον τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ· καθά φησι καὶ ἡ
γραφὴ, ὅτι τότε ἐπαύσατο τὸ μάννα Κυρίου μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον
λαὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.
Clement of Alexandria, _Protrept._ 9. § 85. & _Pædag._ I. 7. § 60,
makes Joshua a type of Christ, but draws other parallels than those
of Irenæus.
490 Frag. xxiii. Καὶ οὗτος ἐπεβεβήκει ἐπὶ τῆς ὄνου αὐτοῦ. Ἡ μὲν ὄνος
τύπον εἶχε σώματος Χριστοῦ· ἐφ᾽ ὃν πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκ καυμάτων
ἀναπαυόμενοι, ὡς ὑπὸ ὀχήματος βαστάζονται. τὸ γὰρ φορτίον τῶν
ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτημάτων ὁ Σωτὴρ ἀνεδέξατο.
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