Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>To understand what the apostle means when he says that\r\nwe shall all come to a perfect man, we must consider the connection\r\nof the whole passage, which runs thus: \"He that descended\r\nis the same also that ascended up far above all heavens,\r\nthat He might fill all things. And He gave some, apostles;\r\nand some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors\r\nand teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of\r\nthe ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we\r\nall come to the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son\r\nof God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the age of the\r\nfulness of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children,\r\ntossed and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the\r\nsleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait\r\nto deceive; but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up\r\nin Him in all things, which is the Head, even Christ: from\r\nwhom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by\r\nthat which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual\r\nworking in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the\r\nbody, unto the edifying of itself in love.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_998_998\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_998_998\">[998]</a> Behold what the\r\nperfect man is—the head and the body, which is made up of\r\nall the members, which in their own time shall be perfected.\r\nBut new additions are daily being made to this body while\r\nthe Church is being built up, to which it is said, \"Ye are the\r\nbody of Christ and His members;\"<a id=\"FNanchor_999_999\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_999_999\">[999]</a> and again, \"For His body's\r\nsake,\" he says, \"which is the Church;\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1000_1000\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1000_1000\">[1000]</a> and again, \"We being\r\nmany are one head, one body.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1001_1001\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1001_1001\">[1001]</a> It is of the edification of\r\nthis body that it is here, too, said, \"For the perfecting of the\r\nsaints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the\r\nbody of Christ;\" and then that passage of which we are now\r\nspeaking is added, \"Till we all come to the unity of the faith\r\nand knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the\r\nmeasure of the age of the fulness of Christ,\" and so on. And\r\nhe shows of what body we are to understand this to be the\r\nmeasure, when he says, \"That we may grow up into Him in\r\nall things, which is the Head, even Christ: from whom the<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_512\">[Pg 512]</a></span>\r\nwhole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which\r\nevery joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the\r\nmeasure of every part.\" As, therefore, there is a measure of\r\nevery part, so there is a measure of the fulness of the whole\r\nbody which is made up of all its parts, and it is of this measure\r\nit is said, \"To the measure of the age of the fulness of\r\nChrist.\" This fulness he spoke of also in the place where he\r\nsays of Christ, \"And gave Him to be the Head over all things\r\nto the Church,<a id=\"FNanchor_1002_1002\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1002_1002\">[1002]</a> which is His body, the fulness of Him that\r\nfilleth all in all.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1003_1003\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1003_1003\">[1003]</a> But even if this should be referred to the\r\nform in which each one shall rise, what should hinder us from\r\napplying to the woman what is expressly said of the man,\r\nunderstanding both sexes to be included under the general\r\nterm \"man?\" For certainly in the saying, \"Blessed is he\r\nwho feareth the Lord,\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1004_1004\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1004_1004\">[1004]</a> women also who fear the Lord are\r\nincluded.</p>","headings":["THE CITY OF GOD.","BOOK TWENTY-SECOND.","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45305-paragraph-808"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b95f6a695e3e991f8d6e478d08ffc2d218371ddfe37d793c0c234e1d71f177b7","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume II","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Books XVII-XVIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45305-Footnote_1002_1002","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. 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