Canons (Whitehead) n. 18

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18. CHAPTER V.

THE HUMAN OF THE LORD JEHOVAH IS "THE SON OF GOD SENT INTO THE WORLD."

1. Jehovah God sent Himself into the world whereby He assumed the Human. 2. This Human, conceived from Jehovah God, is called "the Son of God, which was sent into the world." 3. This Human is called "the Son of God," and "the Son of Man"; "the Son of God," from the Divine Truth and the Divine Good in Him, which is the Word; and "the Son of Man," from the Divine Truth and the Divine Good from Him, which is the doctrine of the church from the Word. 4. No other Son of God is meant in the Word, but He who was born in the world. 5. "A Son of God born from eternity," who is a God by Himself, is not from the Sacred Scripture; and it is also contrary to reason enlightened by God. 6. This was invented and made up by the Nicene Council, as an asylum to which those could betake themselves who wished to avoid the scandals disseminated by Arius and his followers, concerning the Human of the Lord. 7. The Primitive Church, which was called the Apostolic Church, knew nothing concerning the birth of any Son of God from eternity.


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