Council of Sirmium
Council held at Sirmium whose canon 14 defines that the one who wrestled against Jacob (Genesis 32) was the Son of God. Lapide argues this should be understood as meaning an angel represented the Son of God, and dismisses the council: its decrees are not definitions of faith nor dogmas of the Church except insofar as they condemn the heresies of Photinus, for the council was an assembly of Arians.
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Canon 14 defines the one who wrestled Jacob was the Son of God; Lapide says the decrees are not definitions of faith
"what the Council of Sirmium, canon 14, defines — that the one who wrestled against Jacob, Genesis 32, was the Son of God"
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— The council was an assembly of Arians
"the decrees of this Council are not definitions of faith, nor even dogmas of the Church, except insofar as they condemn the heresies of Photinus; for it is established that this Council was an assembly of Arians"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— The Council of Sirmium pronounces anathema on those who explain "Let Us make man" otherwise than as the Trinity
"the Council of Sirmium, cited by Hilary in his book On the Synods, pronounces anathema on those who explain this passage otherwise"