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sense is unconnected with the soul."--Tertullianus) A.N.C.L. vol. xv. p. 190.
" He, the husbandman of God, having bestowed on us the truly great, divine, and inalienable inheritance of the Father, deifying man by heavenly teaching."--(Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. iv. p. 102.
“ It is then, as appears, the greatest of all lessons to know one's self. For if one knows himself, he will know God; and knowing God, he will be made like God, not by wearing gold or long robes, but by well-doing, and by requiring as few things as possible." (Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. iv. p. 273.
"Heraclitus, then, rightly said, "Men are Gods, and Gods are men.' For the Word Himself is the manifest mystery : God in man, and man in God. And the Mediator executes the Father's will; for the Mediator is the Word, who is common to both the Son of God, the Saviour of men; His servant, our Teacher."--Ibid. p. 274.
“The divine apostle writes accordingly respecting us : 'For now we see as through a glass' (1 Cor. xii. 12) knowing ourselves in it by reflection, and simultaneously contemplating, as we can, the efficient cause, from that, which, in os, is divine. For it is said, ' Having seen thy brother, thou bast seen thy God :' methinks that now the Saviour God is declared to us. But after the laying aside of the flesh, 'face to face,'—then definitely and comprehensively, when the heart becomes pure. And by reflection and direct vision, those among the Greeks who have philosophised accurately, see God."-Ibid. p. 415.
" For this cause did the Son of God descend and take on Him & soul, not that the soul might discover itself in Christ, but Christ in itself."
"Let no one then despise the word, lest be unwittingly despise himself"-(Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. 1v. p. 81.
" Still there is a portion of good in the soul, of that original, divine, and genuine good, which is its proper nature." (Tertullianus) A.N.C.L. vol. xv. p. 505.
".. ye who have His image in your bodies, have in like manner the likeness of His judgment in your minds. Since, then, by acting like irrational animals, you have lost the soul of man from your soul, becoming like swine, you are the prey of demons. If, therefore, you receive the law of God, you become men. For it