Ephesians 1:12 Douay-Rheims

That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped Christ:

Tertullian

c. A.D. 150–220 Patristic

But then how can opposites be gathered together into him by whom they are in short destroyed? Again, what Christ do the following words announce, when the apostle says: "That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ? " Now who could have first trusted-i.e. previously trusted -in God, before His advent, except the Jews to whom Christ was previously announced, from the beginning? He who was thus foretold, was also foretrusted.

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A.D. 220 · on Eph 1:12 (Against Marcion Book V)

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