Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.
Irenaeus of LyonsThe Virgin Mary, being obedient to his word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God.
Irenaeus of LyonsError, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than truth itself.
Irenaeus of LyonsHe who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God.
Irenaeus of Lyons