Anf-03 v.vii.viii Pg 8
Matt. vii. 17.
The flesh of Christ, therefore, if composed of celestial elements, consists of faulty materials, sinful by reason of its sinful origin;7062 7062 Censu.
so that it must be a part of that substance which they disdain to clothe Christ with, because of its sinfulness,—in other words, our own. Then, as there is no difference in the point of ignominy, let them either devise for Christ some substance of a purer stamp, since they are displeased with our own, or else let them recognise this too, than which even a heavenly substance could not have been better. We read in so many words:7063 7063 Plane.
“The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.”7064 7064
Anf-03 v.xi.vi Pg 9
See Matt. vii. 17.
attempted to approve the heresy of Cerdo; so that his assertions are identical with those of the former heretic before him.