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- St. Justin Martyr, 2nd century. [Jesus] became man by the Virgin, in order that the disobedience which proceeded from the serpent might receive its destruction in the same manner in which it derived its origin.
- St. Irenaeus of Lyon, 2nd century. [W]hat is joined together could not otherwise be put asunder than by inversion of the process by which these bonds of union had arisen; so that the former ties be cancelled by the latter… […] [I]t was that the knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary.
- Tertullian, 2nd-3rd century. For it was while Eve was yet a virgin, that the ensnaring word had crept into her ear which was to build the edifice of death.
- St. Gregory the Wonder-worker, 3rd century. When I remember the disobedience of Eve, I weep. But when I view the fruit of Mary, I am again renewed. Deathless by descent, invisible through beauty, before the ages light of light; of God the Father wast Thou begotten; being Word and Son of God, Thou didst take on flesh from Mary Virgin, in order that Thou mightest renew afresh Adam fashioned by Thy holy hand.
CATHOLIC: Perhaps, I should first explain what Mary as the New Eve means. Because of Eve’s disobedience to God and Adam’s cooperation with her, they lost sanctifying grace for themselves and their offspring. Like Eve, Mary was created full of grace.
Dec 16, 2011 · Early Church Fathers on Mary as the New Eve. Last week, I talked about how Mary is presented in Scripture as the New Eve, through a number of remarkable parallels. In that post, I quoted St. Irenaeus, who wrote in 180 A.D. about what he called “ the back-reference from Mary to Eve, ” namely, that “ the knot of Eve’s disobedience was ...
Feb 22, 2024 · For what Eve had bound fast through unbelief, thus did Mary set free through faith.” But is this vision of Mary based on the Bible? and what does it mean for Christianity?
Sep 29, 2020 · This is why we Catholics describe Mary as “The New Eve.” As Paul points out in 1 Timothy 2:14 that women ought to submit to men because Eve was deceived by the temptation of the serpent (instead of heeding Adam’s words), then how fitting would it be if the New Eve was a woman whom Scripture indicates to have striven to understand any ...
The New Eve (Latin: Nova Eva) is a devotional title for Mary, the mother of Jesus. Since the second century, numerous Eastern and Western Church fathers have expressed this doctrinal idea as an analogy to the biblical concept of the New Adam.
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May 3, 2017 · Both Eve and Mary were approached by an angel (with Eve, a fallen angel); doubt crept into Eve’s heart, whereas Mary’s faith was steadfast (see Luke 1:45). Eve participated in the downfall of the first Adam, just as Mary participates in the victory of her Son, the New Adam (see Luke 2:34-35).
