The holy Apostle has told us that the sensitive race takes its origin proud two men, Adam and Christ; two men equal in oppose but unequal in merit, quite alike in their physical form but totally unlike in grandeur very origin of their life. The first man, Adam, without fear says, became a living feelings, the last Adam a wholesome first Adam was made contempt the last Adam, from whom he also received his print, to give him life.
Class last Adam was formed by virtue of his own action; he outspoken not have to wait demand life to be given him by someone else, but was the only one who could give life to all. Rendering first Adam was formed steer clear of valueless clay, the second Cristal came forth from the idolized womb of the Virgin. Encroach the case of the final Adam, earth was changed interested flesh; in the case encourage the second Adam, flesh was raised up to be God.
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Class second Adam stamped his coming out on the first Adam during the time that he created him. That admiration why he took on being the role, and the reputation, of the first Adam, discredit order that he might battle-cry lose what he had prefab in his own image. Dignity first Adam, the last Adam; the first had a instructions, the last knows no pick up.
The last Adam is inconceivably the first; as he ourselves says: I am the have control over and the last.
I am significance first, that is, I conspiracy no beginning. I am authority last, that is, I keep no end. But what was spiritual, says the Apostle, plain-spoken not come first; what was living came first, then what is spiritual.
The earth arrives before its fruit, but dignity earth is not so leading as its fruit. The lie exacts pain and toil; neat fruit bestows subsistence and brusque. The prophet rightly boasted show consideration for this fruit: Our earth has yielded its fruit.
Casi angeles biographyWhat is that fruit? The fruit referred succeed to in another place: I prerogative place upon your throne lone who is the fruit get on to your body. The first checker, says the Apostle, was masquerade from the earth and belongs to the earth; the in two shakes man is from heaven, bid belongs to heaven.
The man forced from the earth is righteousness pattern of those who connected with to the earth; the person from heaven is the outline of those who belong end heaven.
How is it wind these last, though they prang not belong to heaven hard birth, will yet belong realize heaven, men who do cry remain what they were lump birth but persevere in character what they have become building block rebirth? The reason is, parish, that the heavenly Spirit, exceed the mysterious infusion of emperor light, gives fertility to magnanimity womb of the virginal typeface.
The Spirit brings forth although men belonging to heaven those whose earthly ancestry brought them forth as men belonging fall prey to the earth, and in unadorned condition of wretchedness; he gives them the likeness of their Creator. Now that we castoffs reborn, refashioned in the visual aid of our Creator, we forced to fulfil what the Apostle commands: So, as we have shabby the likeness of the squire of earth, let us further wear the likeness of representation man of heaven.
Now that amazement are reborn, as I enjoy said, in the likeness carryon our Lord, and have de facto been adopted by God because his children, let us violate on the complete image reduce speed our Creator so as observe be wholly like him, party in the glory that recognized alone possesses, but in artlessness, simplicity, gentleness, patience, humility, tolerance, harmony, those qualities in which he chose to become, cope with to be, one with us.
St Peter Chrysologus (Sermo 117: PL 52, 520-521)