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Against the Jews - Book II

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That Christ is the First-born, and that He is the Wisdom of God, by whom all things were made.

That Christ is the Wisdom of God; and concerning the sacrament of His incarnation and of His passion, and cup and altar; and of the apostles who were sent, and preached.

That the same Christ is the Word of God.

That Christ is the Hand and Arm of God.

That Christ is at once Angel and God.

That Christ is God.

That Christ our God should come, the Enlightener and Saviour of the human race.

That although from the beginning He had been the Son of God, yet He had to be begotten again according to the flesh.

That this should be the sign of His nativity, that He should be born of a virgin—man and God—a son of man and a Son of God.

That Christ is both man and God, compounded of both natures, that He might be a Mediator between us and the Father.

That Christ was to be born of the seed of David, according to the flesh.

That Christ should be born in Bethlehem.

That Christ was to come in low estate in His first advent.

That He is the righteous One whom the Jews should put to death.

That Christ is called a sheep and a lamb who was to be slain, and concerning the sacrament (mystery) of the passion.

That Christ also is called a Stone.

That afterwards this Stone should become a mountain, and should fill the whole earth.

That in the last times the same mountain should be manifested, and upon it the Gentiles should come, and on it all the righteous should go up.

That Christ is the Bridegroom, having the Church as His bride, from which spiritual children were to be born.

That the Jews would fasten Christ to the cross.

That in the passion and the sign of the cross is all virtue and power.

That in this sign of the Cross is salvation for all people who are marked on their foreheads.

That at mid-day in His passion there should be darkness.

That He was not to be overcome of death, nor should remain in Hades.

That He should rise again from the dead on the third day.

That after He had risen again He should receive from His Father all power, and His power should be everlasting.

That it is impossible to attain to God the Father, except by His Son Jesus Christ.

That Jesus Christ shall come as a Judge.

That He will reign as a King for ever.

That He Himself is both Judge and King.