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Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus

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Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus · Saint Irenaeus of Lyons

When, in times of old, Balaam spake these things in parables, he was not acknowledged; and now, when Christ has appeared and fulfilled them, He was not believed. Wherefore [Balaam], foreseeing this, and wondering at it, exclaimed, “Alas! alas! who shall live when God brings these things to pass?”

IrFrag 15.1