1 Clement Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ the first-fruits[101] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II Then, at last, He came on to death itself, that He might be "the first-born from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence,"[150] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV and that He might have the pre-eminence over those things which are under the earth, He Himself being made "the first-begotten of the dead; "[274] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments as the "first-begotten of the dead."[456] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the same place: "The first-born from the dead, that He might in all things become the holder of the pre-eminence."[124] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV and so He ceased to send to them prophets. But He commanded His own Son, the first-begotten,[90]