1 Clement have sprung the priests and all the Levites who minister at the altar of God. From him also [was descended] our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.[131] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And again, writing to the Romans about Israel, he says: "Whose are the fathers, and from whom is Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed for ever."[270] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews just as Christ was sold by Israel- "according to the flesh," by His "brethren"[204] Tertullian Against Praxeas ," as the same apostle says: "Of whom is Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever."[152] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments Let us look next at the apostle's word: "Whose are the fathers, of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever."[216] and goeth to the Father."[233] A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity and if, besides, the Apostle Paul says, "Whose are the fathers, and of whom Christ came according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for evermore,"[93] And, "Whose are the fathers, and of whom according to the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for evermore."[279] Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna of the gods, but which teaches us the wondrous condescension to us men of the awful glory of Him who is God over all.[12] have sprung the priests and all the Levites who minister at the altar of God. From him also [was descended] our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.[160]