1 Corinthians 15:47 (WEB)
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
Catechism · 2
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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“Jesus is conceived by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary's womb because he is the New Adam, who inaugurates the new creation: "The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven."” — Catechism footnote: I Cor 15:45, 47.
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead
“At Jesus' Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is "the man of heaven".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 15:35-50.
Fathers and councils · 30
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…that the Son of God did not then begin to exist, being with the Father from the beginning; but when He became incarnate, and was made man, He commenced afresh the long line of human beings, and furnished us, in a brief, comprehensive manner, with salvation; so that what we had lost in Adam—namely, to be according to…” — editor's note: So the Syriac. The Latin has, “in seipso recapitulavit,” He summed up in Himself. [As the Second Adam, 1 Cor. xv. 47.]
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Jerome
“For the first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47 sq.
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John Damascene
“Although, however, he says, The first Adam is of the earth earthy; the second Adam is Lord from Heaven, he does not say that His body is from heaven, but emphasises the fact that He is not mere man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“For the words ‘The second man is from heaven,’ and ‘as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly’ and ‘no man hath ascended up to heaven but the son of man that came down from heaven,’ and any…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47
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Sozomen
“He also states another apostolic saying: ‘The second man is from heaven.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Who else is this than as is shown us by the apostle, “the second man, the Lord from heaven?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Blessed is the man that hath not gone away in the counsel of the ungodly,” as “the man of earth did,” who consented to his wife deceived by the serpent, to the transgressing the commandment of God.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment“For “the first man is of the earth, earthy: the second Man is from heaven, heavenly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment“Behold, we are made of clay: “The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment“…“when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,” that is, this flesh shall have put on incorruption, “and this mortal shall have put on immortality;” the now perfected sons of God, in whom is no more need to be tempted, neither to be scourged, shall all creatures acknowledge: subjected to us shall all things…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 44–49.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore He will judge as the Son of man, yet not by human power, but by that whereby He is the Son of God; and on the other hand, He will judge as the Son of God, yet not appearing in that [unincarnate] form in which He is God equal to the Father, but in that [incarnate form] in which He is the Son of man.” — editor's note: [Augustin in this discussion, sometimes employs the phrase “Son of man” to denote the human nature of Christ, in distinction from the divine. But in Scripture…
Read the whole comment“And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47–49.
Read the whole comment“And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 44–49.
Read the whole comment“…spiritual, but that which is natural,” since, as he says, and that truly, “The first man of the earth, is earthly; the second man, from heaven, is heavenly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 46, 47.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 202Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“For he alleges another saying of an Apostle, which he cuts off from the whole body of its context, that The Second Man is the Lord from Heaven.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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“For the words, The Second Man is the Lord from Heaven; and, As is the Heavenly, such are they that are Heavenly; and, No man hath ascended up into Heaven save He which came down from Heaven, even the Son of Man…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“As we have borne the image of him who is of the earth, let us also bear the image of Him who is from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47–49.
Read the whole comment“As we have borne the image of him who is earthy, let us also bear the image of Him who is heavenly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment“As we have borne the image of him who is of the earth, let us also bear the image of Him who is from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47–49.
Read the whole comment“Even as we have borne the image of him who is of the clay, let us bear His image also who is from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47–49.
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Tertullian
“We read in so many words: “The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment“He says: “The first man is of the earth, earthy”—that is, made of dust, that is, Adam; “the second man is from heaven”—that is, the Word of God, which is Christ, in no other way, however, man (although “from heaven”), than as being Himself flesh and soul, just as a human being is, just as Adam was.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment“Here, however, they are called first and last, from the substance of their (common) flesh, just as afterwards again the first man (is said to be) of the earth, and the second of heaven; but although He is “of heaven” in respect of the spirit, He is yet man according to the flesh.” — editor's note: Ver. 47.
Read the whole comment“In like manner (the heretic) will be refuted also with the word “man: ” “The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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Basil the Great
“The word of truth has, however, frequently used this term in the case of the material, as when it says “Thou shalt make an ark of incorruptible wood;” and “Thou shalt make the candlestick of pure gold;” and “The first man is of the earth, earthy;” and “Thou art formed out of clay as I am.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment““The first man” it is said “is of the earth earthy, the second man is the Lord from heaven.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.23On the Making of Man
“…with the Hebrew tongue—wherefore also the apostle, who was specially learned in his native tongue, the tongue of the Israelites, calls the man “of the earth” χοϊκός, as though translating the name Adam into the Greek word.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47.
Read the whole comment “And as He, that Man from above, having taken deadness on Himself, after His being deposited in the earth, returned back to life the third day, so every one who is knitted to Him by virtue of…” — editor's note: S. John iii. 31: 1 Cor. xv. 47 (ἄνωθεν = ἐξ οὐρανοῦ).
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Hilary of Poitiers
“The blessed Apostle also perfectly describes this mystery of the ineffable birth of Christ’s body in the words, The first man was from the soil of the ground, the second man from heaven.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47. One copy reads de terra terrenus, of the earth, earth.
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Leo the Great
“As we have borne the image of the earthy, so let us also bear the image of Him Who is from heaven,” we must greatly rejoice over this change, whereby we are translated from earthly degradation to heavenly dignity through His unspeakable mercy, Who descended…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 47–49. Leo’s text agrees with the Vulgate in inserting ‘heavenly’ after ‘from heaven’ and in translating φορεσωμεν (let us bear) not φορέσομεν (we…
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.
Cited together in Catechism §504.
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 71.
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 3.