1 Corinthians 15:45 Douay-Rheims

The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.

Tertullian

c. A.D. 150–220 Patristic

For to this effect he just before remarked of Christ Himself: "The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." Our heretic, however, in the excess of his folly, being unwilling that the statement should remain in this shape, altered "last Adam" into "last Lord; " because he feared, of course, that if he allowed the Lord to be the last (or second) Adam, we should contend that Christ, being the second Adam, must needs belong to that God who owned also the first Adam.

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A.D. 220 · on 1Cor 15:45 (Against Marcion Book V)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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