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1 και G2532 CONJ προσελθοντες G4334 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM {VA 1: [οι] G3588 T-NPM } {VA 2: οι G3588 T-NPM } φαρισαιοι G5330 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ σαδδουκαιοι G4523 N-NPM πειραζοντες G3985 G5723 V-PAP-NPM επηρωτησαν G1905 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτον G846 P-ASM σημειον G4592 N-ASN εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSM ουρανου G3772 N-GSM επιδειξαι G1925 G5658 V-AAN αυτοις G846 P-DPM

2 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM {VA 1: [[οψιας G3798 A-GSF } {VA 2: [οψιας G3798 A-GSF } γενομενης G1096 G5637 V-2ADP-GSF λεγετε G3004 G5719 V-PAI-2P ευδια G2105 N-NSF πυρραζει G4449 G5719 V-PAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανος G3772 N-NSM

3 και G2532 CONJ πρωι G4404 ADV σημερον G4594 ADV χειμων G5494 N-NSM πυρραζει G4449 G5719 V-PAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ στυγναζων G4768 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανος G3772 N-NSM το G3588 T-ASN μεν G3303 P T προσωπον G4383 N-ASN του G3588 T-GSM ουρανου G3772 N-GSM γινωσκετε G1097 G5719 V-PAI-2P διακρινειν G1252 G5721 V-PAN τα G3588 T-APN δε G1161 CONJ σημεια G4592 N-APN των G3588 T-GPM καιρων G2540 N-GPM ου G3756 P T-N {VA 1: δυνασθε]] G1410 G5736 V-PNI-2P } {VA 2: δυνασθε] G1410 G5736 V-PNI-2P }

4 γενεα G1074 N-NSF πονηρα G4190 A-NSF και G2532 CONJ μοιχαλις G3428 N-NSF σημειον G4592 N-ASN επιζητει G1934 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ σημειον G4592 N-NSN ου G3756 P T-N δοθησεται G1325 G5701 V-FPI-3S αυτη G846 P-DSF ει G1487 COND μη G3361 P T-N το G3588 T-NSN σημειον G4592 N-NSN ιωνα G2495 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ καταλιπων G2641 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM αυτους G846 P-APM απηλθεν G565 G5627 V-2AAI-3S

5 και G2532 CONJ ελθοντες G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN περαν G4008 ADV επελαθοντο G1950 G5633 V-2ADI-3P αρτους G740 N-APM λαβειν G2983 G5629 V-2AAN

6 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ορατε G3708 G5720 V-PAM-2P και G2532 CONJ προσεχετε G4337 G5720 V-PAM-2P απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF ζυμης G2219 N-GSF των G3588 T-GPM φαρισαιων G5330 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ σαδδουκαιων G4523 N-GPM

7 οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ διελογιζοντο G1260 G5711 V-INI-3P εν G1722 P EP εαυτοις G1438 F-3DPM λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ αρτους G740 N-APM ουκ G3756 P T-N ελαβομεν G2983 G5627 V-2AAI-1P

8 γνους G1097 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τι G5101 I-ASN διαλογιζεσθε G1260 G5736 V-PNI-2P εν G1722 P EP εαυτοις G1438 F-3DPM ολιγοπιστοι G3640 A-VPM οτι G3754 CONJ αρτους G740 N-APM ουκ G3756 P T-N εχετε G2192 G5719 V-PAI-2P

9 ουπω G3768 ADV νοειτε G3539 G5719 V-PAI-2P ουδε G3761 ADV μνημονευετε G3421 G5719 V-PAI-2P τους G3588 T-APM πεντε G4002 A-NUI αρτους G740 N-APM των G3588 T-GPM πεντακισχιλιων G4000 A-GPM και G2532 CONJ ποσους G4214 Q-APM κοφινους G2894 N-APM ελαβετε G2983 G5627 V-2AAI-2P

10 ουδε G3761 ADV τους G3588 T-APM επτα G2033 A-NUI αρτους G740 N-APM των G3588 T-GPM τετρακισχιλιων G5070 A-GPM και G2532 CONJ ποσας G4214 Q-APF σπυριδας G4711 N-APF ελαβετε G2983 G5627 V-2AAI-2P

11 πως G4459 ADV-I ου G3756 P T-N νοειτε G3539 G5719 V-PAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N περι G4012 P EP αρτων G740 N-GPM ειπον G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP προσεχετε G4337 G5720 V-PAM-2P δε G1161 CONJ απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF ζυμης G2219 N-GSF των G3588 T-GPM φαρισαιων G5330 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ σαδδουκαιων G4523 N-GPM

12 τοτε G5119 ADV συνηκαν G4920 G5656 V-AAI-3P οτι G3754 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S προσεχειν G4337 G5721 V-PAN απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF ζυμης G2219 N-GSF {VA 1: [των G3588 T-GPM αρτων] G740 N-GPM } {VA 2: των G3588 T-GPM αρτων G740 N-GPM } αλλα G235 CONJ απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF διδαχης G1322 N-GSF των G3588 T-GPM φαρισαιων G5330 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ σαδδουκαιων G4523 N-GPM

13 ελθων G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM εις G1519 P EP τα G3588 T-APN μερη G3313 N-APN καισαρειας G2542 N-GSF της G3588 T-GSF φιλιππου G5376 N-GSM ηρωτα G2065 G5707 V-IAI-3S τους G3588 T-APM μαθητας G3101 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM τινα G5101 I-ASM λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM ανθρωποι G444 N-NPM ειναι G1511 G5750 V-PXN τον G3588 T-ASM υιον G5207 N-ASM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM

14 οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ ειπαν G3004 G5627 V-2AAI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM μεν G3303 P T ιωαννην G2491 N-ASM τον G3588 T-ASM βαπτιστην G910 N-ASM αλλοι G243 A-NPM δε G1161 CONJ ηλιαν G2243 N-ASM ετεροι G2087 A-NPM δε G1161 CONJ ιερεμιαν G2408 N-ASM η G2228 P T ενα G1520 A-ASM των G3588 T-GPM προφητων G4396 N-GPM

15 λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM υμεις G5210 P-2NP δε G1161 CONJ τινα G5101 I-ASM με G3165 P-1AS λεγετε G3004 G5719 V-PAI-2P ειναι G1511 G5750 V-PXN

16 αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ σιμων G4613 N-NSM πετρος G4074 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S συ G4771 P-2NS ει G1488 G5748 V-PXI-2S ο G3588 T-NSM χριστος G5547 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM θεου G2316 N-GSM του G3588 T-GSM ζωντος G2198 G5723 V-PAP-GSM

17 αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM μακαριος G3107 A-NSM ει G1488 G5748 V-PXI-2S σιμων G4613 N-VSM βαριωνα G920 N-P I οτι G3754 CONJ σαρξ G4561 N-NSF και G2532 CONJ αιμα G129 N-NSN ουκ G3756 P T-N απεκαλυψεν G601 G5656 V-AAI-3S σοι G4671 P-2DS αλλ G235 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM μου G3450 P-1GS ο G3588 T-NSM εν G1722 P EP {VA 1: [τοις] G3588 T-DPM } {VA 2: τοις G3588 T-DPM } ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

18 καγω G2504 P-1NS-C δε G1161 CONJ σοι G4671 P-2DS λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S οτι G3754 CONJ συ G4771 P-2NS ει G1488 G5748 V-PXI-2S πετρος G4074 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ επι G1909 P EP ταυτη G3778 D-DSF τη G3588 T-DSF πετρα G4073 N-DSF οικοδομησω G3618 G5692 V-FAI-1S μου G3450 P-1GS την G3588 T-ASF εκκλησιαν G1577 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ πυλαι G4439 N-NPF αδου G86 N-GSM ου G3756 P T-N κατισχυσουσιν G2729 G5692 V-FAI-3P αυτης G846 P-GSF

19 δωσω G1325 G5692 V-FAI-1S σοι G4671 P-2DS τας G3588 T-APF κλειδας G2807 N-APF της G3588 T-GSF βασιλειας G932 N-GSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ ο G3739 -ASN εαν G1437 COND δησης G1210 G5661 V-AAS-2S επι G1909 P EP της G3588 T-GSF γης G1093 N-GSF εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S δεδεμενον G1210 G5772 V- PP-NSN εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM και G2532 CONJ ο G3739 -ASN εαν G1437 COND λυσης G3089 G5661 V-AAS-2S επι G1909 P EP της G3588 T-GSF γης G1093 N-GSF εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S λελυμενον G3089 G5772 V- PP-NSN εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

20 τοτε G5119 ADV {VA 1: επετιμησεν G2008 G5656 V-AAI-3S } {VA 2: διεστειλατο G1291 G5668 V-AMI-3S } τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM ινα G2443 CONJ μηδενι G3367 A-DSM ειπωσιν G2036 G5632 V-2AAS-3P οτι G3754 CONJ αυτος G846 P-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM χριστος G5547 N-NSM

21 απο G575 P EP τοτε G5119 ADV ηρξατο G756 G5662 V-ADI-3S {VA 1: ιησους G2424 N-NSM χριστος G5547 N-NSM } {VA 2: ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM } δεικνυειν G1166 G5721 V-PAN τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM αυτου G846 P-GSM οτι G3754 CONJ δει G1163 G5904 V-PQI-3S αυτον G846 P-ASM εις G1519 P EP ιεροσολυμα G2414 N-ASF απελθειν G565 G5629 V-2AAN και G2532 CONJ πολλα G4183 A-APN παθειν G3958 G5629 V-2AAN απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM πρεσβυτερων G4245 A-GPM και G2532 CONJ αρχιερεων G749 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ γραμματεων G1122 N-GPM και G2532 CONJ αποκτανθηναι G615 G5683 V-APN και G2532 CONJ τη G3588 T-DSF τριτη G5154 A-DSF ημερα G2250 N-DSF εγερθηναι G1453 G5683 V-APN

22 και G2532 CONJ προσλαβομενος G4355 G5642 V-2AMP-NSM αυτον G846 P-ASM ο G3588 T-NSM πετρος G4074 N-NSM ηρξατο G756 G5662 V-ADI-3S επιτιμαν G2008 G5721 V-PAN αυτω G846 P-DSM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ιλεως G2436 A-NSM-ATT σοι G4671 P-2DS κυριε G2962 N-VSM ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S σοι G4671 P-2DS τουτο G5124 D-NSN

23 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ στραφεις G4762 G5651 V-2APP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τω G3588 T-DSM πετρω G4074 N-DSM υπαγε G5217 G5720 V-PAM-2S οπισω G3694 ADV μου G3450 P-1GS σατανα G4567 N-VSM σκανδαλον G4625 N-ASN ει G1488 G5748 V-PXI-2S εμου G1700 P-1GS οτι G3754 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N φρονεις G5426 G5719 V-PAI-2S τα G3588 T-APN του G3588 T-GSM θεου G2316 N-GSM αλλα G235 CONJ τα G3588 T-APN των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM

24 τοτε G5119 ADV {VA 1: [ο] G3588 T-NSM } {VA 2: ο G3588 T-NSM } ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM αυτου G846 P-GSM ει G1487 COND τις G5100 X-NSM θελει G2309 G5719 V-PAI-3S οπισω G3694 ADV μου G3450 P-1GS ελθειν G2064 G5629 V-2AAN απαρνησασθω G533 G5663 V-ADM-3S εαυτον G1438 F-3ASM και G2532 CONJ αρατω G142 G5657 V-AAM-3S τον G3588 T-ASM σταυρον G4716 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ακολουθειτω G190 G5720 V-PAM-3S μοι G3427 P-1DS

25 ος G3739 -NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ εαν G1437 COND θελη G2309 G5725 V-PAS-3S την G3588 T-ASF ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM σωσαι G4982 G5658 V-AAN απολεσει G622 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF ος G3739 -NSM δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T απολεση G622 G5661 V-AAS-3S την G3588 T-ASF ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM ενεκεν G1752 ADV εμου G1700 P-1GS ευρησει G2147 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF

26 τι G5101 I-ASN γαρ G1063 CONJ ωφεληθησεται G5623 G5701 V-FPI-3S ανθρωπος G444 N-NSM εαν G1437 COND τον G3588 T-ASM κοσμον G2889 N-ASM ολον G3650 A-ASM κερδηση G2770 G5661 V-AAS-3S την G3588 T-ASF δε G1161 CONJ ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM ζημιωθη G2210 G5686 V-APS-3S η G2228 P T τι G5101 I-ASN δωσει G1325 G5692 V-FAI-3S ανθρωπος G444 N-NSM ανταλλαγμα G465 N-ASN της G3588 T-GSF ψυχης G5590 N-GSF αυτου G846 P-GSM

27 μελλει G3195 G5719 V-PAI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM ερχεσθαι G2064 G5738 V-PNN εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF δοξη G1391 N-DSF του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM αυτου G846 P-GSM μετα G3326 P EP των G3588 T-GPM αγγελων G32 N-GPM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ τοτε G5119 ADV αποδωσει G591 G5692 V-FAI-3S εκαστω G1538 A-DSM κατα G2596 P EP την G3588 T-ASF πραξιν G4234 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM

28 αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P τινες G5100 X-NPM των G3588 T-GPM ωδε G5602 ADV εστωτων G2476 G5761 V- AP-GPM οιτινες G3748 -NPM ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N γευσωνται G1089 G5667 V-ADS-3P θανατου G2288 N-GSM εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T ιδωσιν G1492 G5632 V-2AAS-3P τον G3588 T-ASM υιον G5207 N-ASM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM ερχομενον G2064 G5740 V-PNP-ASM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF βασιλεια G932 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM

   

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43. CHAPTER V. A TRINITY OF PERSONS IN THE GODHEAD IS A PRODUCT OF THE NICENE COUNCIL, AND HAS BEEN DERIVED THEREFROM IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND IN THE CHURCHES AFTER IT. IT SHOULD THEREFORE BE CALLED THE NICENE TRINITY, BUT A TRINITY OF GOD IN ONE PERSON, THE LORD GOD THE SAVIOUR, IS OF CHRIST HIMSELF, AND WAS THENCE IN THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH, AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE CALLED THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY. THIS TRINITY OF GOD IS THE NEW CHURCH'S TRINITY

1. There are three summaries of the Christian Church's doctrine concerning the Divine Trinity as well as Unity, which are called Creeds, the Apostolic, the Nicene, and the Athanasian. The Apostles' Creed was drawn up by men termed the Apostolic Fathers; the Nicene Creed by an assembly of bishops and priests summoned by Emperor Constantine to the city of Nicaea for the purpose of dispelling the scandals of Arius in regard to his having denied the Divinity of the Son of God; and the Athanasian Creed by some person or persons immediately 1 after that Council. These three Creeds have been acknowledged and accepted by the Christian Church as ecumenical and catholic, that is, as the universals of doctrine in regard to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

2. The Apostles' Creed teaches thus:

I believe in God the Father Almighty, God 2 of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His Son, our Lord, who was conceived from the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary ... I believe in the Holy Spirit, etc.

The Nicene Creed teaches thus:

I believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ....

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who came down from heaven and was incarnate from the Holy Spirit out of the virgin Mary, and was made Man ....

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the Prophets . . . .

The Athanasian Creed teaches thus:

The Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity. That there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit . . . That Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have one Godhead and coeternal majesty. That the Father is uncreate, immeasurable, eternal, almighty, God and Lord, in like manner the Son, and in like manner the Holy Spirit; nevertheless there are not three uncreates, immeasurables, eternals, almighties, gods and lords, but One. The Son is of the Father alone, not made nor created but begotten; the Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son, not made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. In this Trinity none is before or after another, none is greater or less than another, but the whole three Persons are co-eternal and co-equal. But since we are compelled by Christian verity to confess each Person by Himself to be God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic religion to say three Gods and three Lords.

Furthermore, in regard to the Lord Jesus Christ, thus:

That although He is God and Man, yet He is not two but one Christ.

3. From the pronouncements in the three creeds it may be gathered how God's Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity is understood in each case. For the Apostles' Creed declares in regard to God the Father, that He is the Creator of the Universe; in regard to His Son, that He was conceived from the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; and in regard to the Holy Spirit, that it exists.

The Nicene Creed, on the other hand, declares in regard to God the Father, that He is the Creator of the Universe; in regard to the Son, that He was begotten before all ages and that He came down and was incarnate; and in regard to the Holy Spirit, that it proceeds from them both.

Whereas the Athanasian Creed declares in regard to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that they are three co-eternal and co-equal Persons, and that each one of them is God; nevertheless there are not three Gods, but one and that although from Christian verity each Person by Himself is God, yet, from the Catholic religion, you may not say three Gods.

4. It is evident from these three Creeds that two Trinities have been handed down, one that came into existence before the world was created, the other that came into existence after that. A Trinity before the world was created is in the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds, whereas a Trinity after the world was created is in the Apostles' Creed. Consequently, the Apostolic Church knew nothing of a "Son from eternity", but only of a Son born in the world; and so it is this Son that it invoked, not one born from eternity. On the other hand, the Church after the Nicene Creed, just as though it was established afresh, acknowledged as God a Son from eternity, but not the Son born in the world.

5. Those two Trinities differ as much from each other as evening and morning, or rather as night and day; accordingly, both of them together cannot possibly be affirmed as true in a member of the Church, because with him religion might perish, and with religion, sound reason. This is because it is not possible from the Nicene and Athanasian Trinities to think of one God, but it is possible to do so in the case of the Apostolic Trinity; and one God may be thought of in the latter case, because this Trinity exists in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God born in the world.

6. That the Divine Trinity is in the Lord God the Saviour Jesus Christ, He Himself teaches; for He says:

that the Father and He are one [John 10:30.]

that He is in the Father, and the Father in Him [John 14:10-11.]

that all things of the Father are His [John 3:35; 16:15.]

that he who sees Him sees the Father [John 14:9.]

also:

that he who believes in Him, believes in the Father [John 12:44.]

and, according to Paul,

In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily [Col. 2:9]

according to John,

He is the true God and eternal life [1 John 5:20.]

and according to Isaiah,

He is the Father of Eternity [Isa. 60:6.]

and elsewhere in the same He is "Jehovah the Redeemer", "the only God" 3 , and that, because of Redemption, He is "Jehovah our Righteousness" 4 ; and, where it treats of Him, that He is "God, Father" [Isa. 60:6; 63:16]; "His glory will He not give to another" [Isa. 42:8; 48:11; then that "the Holy Spirit is from Him" [John 20:22].

As, then, God is One and there is a Divine Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, according to the Lord's words, [Matt. 28:19], it follows that this Trinity is in one person, and that it is in the Person of Him who was conceived from God the Father, and born of the virgin Mary, and called, on that account, "Son of the Most High", "Son of God", "Only-begotten Son" [Luke 1:31-35; John 1:18; 20:31; Matt. 3:17 16:16; 17:5]. It is obvious to both internal and external sight that in all these places, and in those quoted above, there is not meant any Son from eternity. Accordingly, with this Divine Trinity, which is indeed the "Fullness of the Godhead, dwelling in Him bodily", [according to Paul], 5 being in the Lord God the Saviour Jesus Christ, it follows that He alone is to be approached, to be appealed to for help, and to be worshipped; and that, when this is done, the Father is being approached at the same time, and [the man] receives the Holy Spirit; for He teaches that He Himself is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life"; that no one cometh to the Father except through Him; and that he that does not by Him as the Door enter into the sheepfold (i.e. the Church), is not a shepherd, but a thief and a robber [John 14:6; 10:1-9]; then too, that they who believe on Him have eternal life, and they who do not believe, shall not see life, [John 3:15-16, 36; 6:40; 11:25-26; 1 John 5:20].

7. The Divine Trinity, and with it the Divine Unity, being in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeemer and Saviour of the world, this Trinity is the Trinity of the New Church.

[Chapter VI and the first part of Chapter VII are missing. The two pages of the original on which they were written could not be found when the two existing copies were made.]

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The word statim (immediately) is not found in the Skara Manuscript.

2. The word "God" is here in both MSS. Worcester alters it to "Creator", which agrees with the usual form of the Creed. See paragraph 3 of this chapter.

3. See Isa, 43:10-14; 44:6, 24; 14:21-22; etc.

4. See Jer. 23:6.

5. The words, "according to Paul", are found here in the Nordenskjold manuscript but not in the Skara Manuscript.

  
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