the-glories-of-mary

GLORIES OF MARY. 868
words he shows her to be entirely {note, entirely,
excluded from the wrath of the first sentence,
and restored to the full grace of benediction.*
St. Jerome: That cloud was never in darkness,
but always in the light.f St. Cyprian, on Psalm
Ixxvii., or whoever may be the author of that
treatise, says: Neither did justice suffer that ves
sel of election to be open to common injuries,
for, being far exalted above others, she was a
partaker of their nature, but not of their sin.J
St. Amphilochius also says: He who created the
first virgin without reproach, also created the sec
ond without stain or crime. Sophronius: There
fore she is called the immaculate Virgin, because
she was in no manner corrupted.]
St. Ildephonsus:
It is certain that she was exempt from orig
inal sin.*!"
St. John of Damascus: To this para
dise the serpent had no entrance.** St. Peter
Damian: The flesh of the Virgin, received from
* Ave, gratia plena; quibus ostendit ex integro (nota ex integro)
Iram primae sententiae exclusam, et plenam benedictionis gratiam
restitutam. Serin. 11, in Nat. Dom.
t Nubes ilia non fuit in lenebris, semper in luce. In Psal. 77.
t Nee sustinebat justitia, ut illud vas electionia communibus laxaretur
injuriis, quoniam plurimum a caeteris distans natura comma*
nicabat non culpa. Lib. de Cam. Chrlsti oper. de Nativ.
Qui antiquatn virginera sine probro condidit, ipse et secundani
sine nota et crimine fabricatus est. Or. de Deip.
5 Virginem ideo dici immaculatam, quia in nullo corrupta est. In
Ep. Ap. Syn. to. 3, p. 307.
^ Constat earn aboriginal! peccato fuisse immunem. Cent. Disp.
De Virg. Mar.
** Ad hunc paradisum eerpens aditum non habuit. Or. 3, da
Vat Mar.