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Tertullian, on Phil 3:20
Tertullian · c. A.D. 150–220
Phil 3:20 · Douay-Rheims
“But our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,”
On this verse:
“For when the apostle says, "As is the earthy," that is, man, "such also are they that are earthy"-men again, of course; "therefore as is the heavenly," meaning the Man, from heaven, "such are the men also that are heavenly." For he could not possibly have opposed to earthly men any heavenly beings that were not men also; his object being the more accurately to distinguish their state and expectation by using this name in common for them both.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.