The Apostolic Fathers

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

by Irenaeus
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Fragment 43

These things were indicated by prophecy, showing that the people, having become transgressors, will be bound by the chains of their own sins. But the breaking of the bonds on their own signifies that, upon repentance, they will again be freed from the shackles of sin.