Nine Questions (Potts) n. 8

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8. QUESTION 8. It is said in 1 Cor. 15:45, "The first man Adam was made a living soul;" and in the genealogy in Luke 3, he is placed as the first after God, and it is said, "who was the son of God." Does not the regarding of Adam as a church contradict this? ANSWER. In the genealogy in Luke it is said that Adam was "of God, "that is, created by God, and not the son of God.


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