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Irenæus - Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

XLVII.

XLVII.

The [4894] birth of John [the Baptist] brought the dumbness of Zacharias to an end. For he did not burden his father, when the voice issued forth from silence; but as when not believed it rendered him tongue-tied, so did the voice sounding out clearly set his father free, to whom he had both been announced and born. Now the voice and the burning light [4895] were a precursor of the Word and the Light.