Tertullian, on Eph 5:32

“This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.”

“In passing, (I would say that) it is enough for me that the works of the Creator are great mysteries in the estimation of the apostle, although they are so vilely esteemed by the heretics. "But I am speaking," says he, "of Christ and the Church." This he says in explanation of the mystery, not for its disruption.”

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