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Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius

4th century · AD 325 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 118 passages

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In his own words on Numbers

  • Numbers 24:17

    Moses himself [wrote] in the book of Numbers: "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a man shall arise out of Israel." For this cause, therefore, being God, he took upon him flesh, that, becoming a mediator between God and man, having overcome death, he might by his guidance lead man to God.

    EPITOME OF THE DIVINE INSTITUTES 44

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