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Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 04 — Section 804

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Passage referenceNicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 04 — Section 804
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series Vol. 4

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10. Faustus cannot pretend then I am unable to prove that Mary was of the family of David, as I have shown him unable to prove that she was not. I produce the strongest evidence from Scriptures of established authority, which declare that Christ was of the seed of David, and that He was born without a father of the Virgin Mary. Faustus expresses what he considers a most becoming indignation against impropriety when he says, It is an injurious misrepresentation of the writer to make him speak of the Son of God as the inmate of a womb. Of course, the Catholic doctrine which teaches that …
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library — NPNF1-04 UTF-8 text
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