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Jesus as the New Eve? Mary as the New Adam?
Ephrem the Syrian (AD 307-373), Saint Ephrem’s Commentary on Tatian’s Diatessaron, Carmel McCarthy trans., Chapter II, Sections 2-3 (pp. 60-61)(footnotes omitted, brackets and italics are McCarthy’s): §2. [Mary] gave birth without [the assistance of] a man. Just as in the beginning Eve was born of Adam without intercourse, so too [in the case of] Joseph…
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Augustine on Psalm 132:8 (Vulgate Psalm 131:8)
From Augustine’s Expositions on the Psalms at Psalm 132:8 8. Arise, O Lord, into Your resting place [Psalm 131:8]. He says unto the Lord sleeping, Arise. You know already who slept, and who rose again….You, and the ark of Your sanctification: that is, Arise, that the ark of Your sanctification, which You have sanctified, may…