“The Christ, who died for us, descended into the realms of death, not of necessity but by power, and loosed the pains of hell. In this way it must be understood that Wisdom released Adam from his crime. Not without reason does the church believe that he was released from those bonds by the holy flesh of the only Son of…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — UNFINISHED TRACTATE AGAINST JULIAN 6:22
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1She preserved the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, and brought him out of his fall,
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— Wisdom of Solomon 10:1 —
2And gave him power to rule all things.
3But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger, he perished also in the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.