The doctrine of the Trinity, founded neither on Scripture, nor on reason and common sense, but on tradition and the infallible Church, an essay |
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... meaning of the word person is explained away ; and after the most painful struggles against the conviction of their own minds , that God is one , the most eminent divines are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that the three ...
... meaning of the word person is explained away ; and after the most painful struggles against the conviction of their own minds , that God is one , the most eminent divines are reduced to the necessity of maintaining that the three ...
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... meaning , must be posterior to that which begets it ; and that which pro- ceeds must be subsequent to the source from which it issues . As the very terms begotten and proceeding cannot be in any way applicable to the Father , they ...
... meaning , must be posterior to that which begets it ; and that which pro- ceeds must be subsequent to the source from which it issues . As the very terms begotten and proceeding cannot be in any way applicable to the Father , they ...
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... meaning of an obscure word , or ambiguous phrase , or the admission or rejection of a text stamped with the brand of in- terpolation , would have had little influence in a question of such magnitude . That which was intended to ...
... meaning of an obscure word , or ambiguous phrase , or the admission or rejection of a text stamped with the brand of in- terpolation , would have had little influence in a question of such magnitude . That which was intended to ...
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... meaning of the Greek text , to escape a conclusion which is fatal to their scheme . One informs us that the verb oday here signifies maketh known , though no instance of its having such a meaning occurs in the whole compass of Greek ...
... meaning of the Greek text , to escape a conclusion which is fatal to their scheme . One informs us that the verb oday here signifies maketh known , though no instance of its having such a meaning occurs in the whole compass of Greek ...
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... meaning is never disputed . How then avoid the conclusion to which they irresistibly compel ? How maintain a doctrine by which that conclusion is utterly subverted ? Certain creed - makers and In- for which addition , even if it did not ...
... meaning is never disputed . How then avoid the conclusion to which they irresistibly compel ? How maintain a doctrine by which that conclusion is utterly subverted ? Certain creed - makers and In- for which addition , even if it did not ...
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