Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

Wherefore also "the first Adam was made" by the Lord "a living soul, the second Adam a quickening spirit."[87]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

For to this effect he just before remarked of Christ Himself: "The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."[464]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

man, yet God-the last Adam,[378]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

And therefore he confirms the passage afresh, by putting on it the impress (of his own inspired authority), saying, "For so it is written; "[403]

Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

Now the apostle, by severally adducing this order in Adam and in Christ, fairly distinguishes between the two states, in the very essentials of their difference. And when he calls Christ "the last Adam,"[410]

Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topics on the Faith

But whereas he that was formed of the earth returned to the earth, He that became the second man returned to heaven. And so we read of the "first Adam and the last Adam."[7]

Victorinus On the Creation of the World

Therefore, first, was made the creation; secondly, man, the lord of the human race, as says the apostle.[24]

Origen Commentary on John Book I

And perhaps this is the reason why He is not only the firstborn of all creation, but is also designated the man, Adam. For Paul says He is Adam:[82]

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