Extract – Iranaeus on the Fall
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March 5, 2018
Irenaeus’ Against Heresies, as an example of interpretation of Genesis 3:
Eve, having become disobedient, was made the cause of death both
for herself and for all the human race. Thus also Mary had a husband
selected for her and nonetheless was a virgin, yet by her obedience
she was made the cause of salvation both for herself and for all the
human race. For this reason the law calls a women engaged to a man
his wife, while conceding that she is still a virgin. This indicates a link
that goes from Mary back to Eve.
Moreover, the knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosened through
the obedience of Mary. For what the virgin Eve bound through
unbelief, this the Virgin Mary loosed through faith.
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