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HOW does he say that the Lord was "without genealogy," when the Gospel
of the Evangelist Matthew begins with the Saviour's genealogy, saying: "The
book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of
Abraham"? Therefore according to the Evangelist He has a genealogy, and
according to the Apostle, He has not: for according to the Evangelist, He
has it on the mother's side, according to the Apostle He has not, as He
springs from the Father. And so the Apostle well says: "Without father,
without mother, without genealogy:" and where he lays down that He was
begotten without mother, there also he records that He was without
genealogy. And thus as regards both the nativities of the Lord, the
writings of the Evangelist and of the Apostle agree together. For according
to the Evangelist He has a genealogy "without father," when born in the
flesh: and according to the Apostle, the Lord has not, when begotten in His
Divine nature "without mother;" as Isaiah says: "But who shall declare His
generation?"
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