The Athanasian Creed, Extracted from the Apocalypse
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ISBN13: 9780217280112
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: follows, may be seen the agreement of all things of the Athan- asian doctrine with what is here asserted: First, concerning the trinity: Secondly, concerning the unity of person in the Lord: Thirdly, th.it it has come to pass of the Divine Providence, that that doctrine was so written, that although it disagrees, still it agrees with the truth. Afterwards, in general, will be proved the trine in the Lord: and then, specifically, that the Divine which is c;illed the Father, is he, that the Divine which is called the Son, is he, and that the Divine, which is called the Holy Spirit, is he. 14. We shall now proceed to the agreement of all things of the Athanasian doctrine with ihis truth, that God is one both in essence and person, in whom is a trine (tritium) and to establish and prove this agreement, I desire to proceed in the following order. The Athanasian doctrine first teaches thus: The catholic faith is 'his, that we worship one God in trinity, and trinity in unity, neither commixing the persons, nor separating the essence: these words, when instead of three persons one person is understood, in whom is a trine, are in themselves truth, and are perceived by a clear idea thus, ' The christian faith is this, that we worship one God, in whom is a trine, and a trine in one God, and that the God, in whom is a trine, is one person, and that the trine in God is one essence; thus there is one God in trinity, and trinity in unity, neither are persons commixed, nor essence separated: ' that persons are not commixed nor essence separated will appear more clearly from what now follows. The Athanasian doctrine further teaches, Since there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, anothtr of the Holy Spirit, but the Divinity of the Father, of the Son, and of Holy Spirit, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217280112 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217280110 |
| Weight | 0.35 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 98 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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