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Quotation from Against Heresies by Irenaeus of Lyons
“our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself”
Against Heresies, Book V, Preface, trans. Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (1868–1869)
Preface to Book V, summarizing the purpose of the incarnation.
Citation: "our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself" — Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book V, Preface, trans. Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (1868–1869). (id irenaeus-against-heresies-q3)
