Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

It was added, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a Mediator."[53]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

This is the seed of which the apostle says in the Epistle to the Galatians, "that the law of works was established until the seed should come to whom the promise was made."[181]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I " Then, as if in explanation of his meaning, he adds: "But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up," manifestly through fear, in consequence of sins, "unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed; so that the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we should be justified by faith."[315]

Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies

and sets forth Christ as born of the seed of Joseph, contending that He was merely human, without divinity; affirming also that the Law was given by angels;[47]

Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VII

And He has, he says, been liberated from the nature of the Good One likewise, in order that He may be a Mediator, as Paul states,[85]

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