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God begat before all creatures a Beginning, [who was] a certain rational power [proceeding] from Himself, who is called by the Holy Spirit, now the Glory of the Lord, now the Son, again Wisdom, again an Angel, then God, and then Lord and Logos; and on another occasion He calls Himself Captain...

https://carm.org/early-trinitarian-quotes-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity Clement of Rome, AD 95-96 By [Jesus] the Lord has willed that we should taste of immortal knowledge, "who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more...

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1 Timothy 5:17-18: "Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,' and, 'The laborer deserves his wages.'" 1 Corinthians 9:7-14: Paul...

made it to here, wife is dragging me out of the bookroom with chain attached to car . lol Ouch shoulderssss

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arianism www.newadvent.org › cathen Founded by Arius, belief asserting that Christ was not God like the Father, but a creature made in time. Rejected by the Council of Constantinople (381) CHURCH FATHERS: History of the Arians (Athanasius) www.newadvent.org › fathers...

In Koine Greek μία is the feminine form of the cardinal “one.” It agrees with feminine nouns in case, number, and gender, and can function adjectivally (“one coin”) or substantivally (“the one”). When paired with the article (ἡ) it often forms a sharp contrast with “the other” (ἡ ἑτέρα). In...

4416 prōtótokos (from 4413 /prṓtos, "first, pre-eminent" and 5088 /tíktō, "bring forth") – properly, first in time (Mt 1:25; Lk 2:7); hence, pre-eminent (Col 1:15; Rev 1:5). 4416 /prōtótokos ("firstly") specifically refers to Christ as the first to experience glorification, i.e. at His...

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more here: What the Early Church Believed: The Trinity

Tertullian, c. AD 200 We ... believe that there is one only God—but under the following dispensation, or oikonomia [Tertullian quotes the Greek word for "order," "dispensation," or "arrangement" here], as it is called—that this one only God has also a Son, his Word, who proceeded from himself...

Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 190 Though despised as to appearance, [Jesus] was in reality adored, the expiator of sin, the Savior, the clement, the Divine Word; he that is truly most apparently Deity. He is made equal to the Lord of the universe because he was his Son, and the Word was in God...

Hermas, c. AD 170 I wish to explain to you what the Holy Spirit that spoke with you in the form of the Church showed you, for that Spirit is the Son of God. (Shepherd of Hermas. Similitude 9th. Ch. 1.) Athenagoras, c. AD 177 We acknowledge ... a Son of God. Don't let anyone think it ridiculous...

Hermas, AD 100 - 160 "First of all, sir," I said, "Explain to me what is the meaning of the rock and the gate?" "This rock," he answered, "and this gate are the Son of God." "How, sir?" I said. "The rock is old, and the gate is new." "Listen," he said, "and understand, O ignorant man...

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If the heavenly virtues, then, partake of intellectual light, i.e., of divine nature, because they participate in wisdom and holiness, and if human souls, have partaken of the same light and wisdom, and thus are mutually of one nature and of one essence,—then, since the heavenly virtues are...

Origen a.d. 185–254 From all which we learn that the person of the Holy Spirit was of such authority and dignity, that saving baptism was not complete except by the authority of the most excellent Trinity of them all, i.e., by the naming of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and by joining to the...

The simple, indeed, (I will not call them unwise and unlearned,) who always constitute the majority of believers, are startled at the dispensation (of the Three in One), on the ground that their very rule of faith withdraws them from the world’s plurality of gods to the one only true God; not...