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Chapter
XLV.—Why Jesus is Called Alpha.
Now Jesus possesses this ineffable
generation. For from the mother of the universe, I mean the first
tetrad, proceeded forth, in the manner of a daughter, the second
tetrad. And it became an ogdoad, from which proceeded forth the
decade; and thus was produced ten, and next eighteen. The decade,
therefore, coming in along with the ogdoad, and rendering it tenfold,
produced the number eighty; and again making eighty tenfold, generated
the number eight hundred.773
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of this sentence is supplied from Irenæus. | And so it is that the entire
number of letters that proceeded forth from ogdoad into decade is eight
hundred and eighty-eight, which is Jesus; for the name Jesus, according
to the number in letters, is eight hundred and eighty-eight. Now
likewise the Greek alphabet has eight monads and eight
decades, and eight hecatontads; and these exhibit the calculated sum of
eight hundred and eighty-eight, that is, Jesus, who consists of all
numbers. And that on this account He is called Alpha (and Omega),
indicating His generation (to be) from all.774
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Hippolytus here omits the following sentence found in
Irenæus: “And again thus—of the first
quarternion, when added into itself, in accordance with a progression
of number, appeared the number ten, and so forth.” | E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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