This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
They declare also that Paul has referred to the conjunctions within the Pleroma, showing them forth by means of one; for, when writing of the conjugal union in this life, he expressed himself thus: "This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church."
