[count-your-change]

What exactly, in worshopity, was wrong with Aaron making a golden calf? After all, they did say it was the True God. And it did kinda jump out of the fire at him, or so he said.

To paraphrase John 3:10, ‘You were a clergyman and do not know these things?’

[Mad Dawg]

Irenaeus is doing a compare and contrast between two creatures. In this passage there is no question of worship, and consequently no evident idolatry.

I don’t see what your disagreement is with “bondage to death”.

If I sort of turn up the gain on my sensitivity stuff I do get, but disagree with, the thing about Mary rescuing us.

Irenaeus is just goofing on the parallels. I mean that’s all I’ve ever thought of this stuff. Both virgins, one ‘advised’ by a bad angel, one advised by GOOD angel, one taking disastrous fruit from a tree, one providing something to put on a ‘tree’ blah blah.