Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius

In his own words on Isaiah

• Isaiah 7:14

  He [God] was with us on the earth, when he assumed flesh; and he was no less God in man, and man in God. That he was both God and man was declared before by the prophets.

  EPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES 44

• Isaiah 19:20

  He was called "Christ" from the anointing. Then, that the same one was a human being Jeremiah shows, saying, "And he is man, and who has known him?" And Isaiah, "And the Lord shall send them a man, who shall save them, and judging them he will heal them."

  THE DIVINE INSTITUTES 4:13

• Isaiah 19:20

  That he was both God and man was declared before by the prophets. That he was God, Isaiah thus declares, "They shall fall down before you, they shall make supplication to you, since God is in you, and we knew it not, even the God of Israel. They shall be ashamed and confounded, all of them who oppose themselves to you, and shall go unto confusion." … Likewise that he was man … Isaiah also thus speaks, "and the Lord shall send them a man who shall save them, and with judgment shall he heal them."

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• Isaiah 42:6

  Since, therefore, we were as though blind before, and when we sat as though enclosed by the prison house of foolishness in the darkness, not knowing God and his truth, we were enlightened by him who adopted us by his gracious treatment (his will in our favor). And when he had freed us as from evils and bonds and brought us into the light of wisdom, he recognized us as the heirs of his heavenly kingdom.

  DIVINE INSTITUTES 4:20