And not holding the Head, from whom all the body by joints and ligaments having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
-this man will first of all "hold the head, from which the whole body is compacted and bound together, and, through means of every joint according to the measure of the ministration of each several part, maketh increase of the body to the edification of itself in love.".
by His blood; and "holding the Head, from which the whole body of the Church, having been fitted together, takes increase"