St. Epiphanius (310-403) Haereses, 28, n. 7
But then, everything could not have been fulfilled in
her
[Eve] in the fullest sense. It will, however, be
fulfilled really in
the holy Seed, the
chosen and singular Seed, who was
found [conceived]
only of Mary, without marital relation
with a man.
St. Prudentius (d. after 405), of Spain, Cathemerinon,
3, vss.
146-150 PL 59, 805f; Bergman", CSEL 61
(1926), 17.
This was that ancient hatred, this was the fierce
enmity between the asp
and man, which, now that the serpent is prostrate, is
crushed under the
woman’s feet. For having merited to bring forth God, the Virgin makes
all poisons
powerless.