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    "The word was a god"?

    For you will say, what is a word but a voice and sound of the mouth … but for the rest a sort of void, empty, and incorporeal thing. I, on the contrary, contend that nothing empty and void could have come forth from God … for all things which were made through him, he made. … How could he who is...
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    "The word was a god"?

    We acknowledge a God, and a Son, his Logos, and a Holy Spirit, united in essence—the Father, the Son, the Spirit—because the Son is the Intelligence, Reason, and Wisdom of the Father, and the Spirit an effluence, as light from fire. (A Plea for the Christians 24) Irenaeus, AD 183 - 186 Learn...
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    "The word was a 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...
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    "The word was a god"?

    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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    "The word was a god"?

    Ignatius … to the church of God the Most High Father and his beloved Son, Jesus Christ, … I glorify God, even Jesus Christ, who has given you such wisdom … (Letter to the Smyrneans intro-ch. 1) Anonymous, Letter to Diognetus, AD 80 - 130 This is he who was from the beginning, who appeared as if...
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    "The word was a god"?

    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 excellent name than they" [Heb. 1:3-4]. For it is thus written, "Who...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Hippolytus “The Word alone of this God is from God himself, wherefore also the Word is God, being the being of God” (Refutation of All Heresies 10:29 [A.D. 228]). Pope Dionysius “Next, then, I may properly turn to those who divide and cut apart and destroy the most sacred proclamation of the...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Justin Martyr “We will prove that we worship him reasonably; for we have learned that he is the Son of the true God himself, that he holds a second place, and the Spirit of prophecy a third. For this they accuse us of madness, saying that we attribute to a crucified man a place second to the...
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    "The word was a god"?

    The early church fathers were taught by the Apostles. Some may have heard Jesus teach too. Polycarp (70-155/160). Bishop of Smyrna. Disciple of John the Apostle. “O Lord God almighty . . . I bless you and glorify you through the eternal and heavenly high priest Jesus Christ, your beloved...
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    "The word was a god"?

    One of my friends wrote that Thesis, http://lareopage.free.fr/dixon.pdf https://www.worldcat.org/formats-editions/7930847
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    "The word was a god"?

    wow made it to here
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    "The word was a god"?

    Those in false religions tend to quote and copy errors from each other.
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    "The word was a god"?

    Please keep asking unanswered questions in bold, color and large print so that onlookers can see what is not answered.
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    "The word was a god"?

    start at Yesterday at 7:33 PM#732
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    read to here
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    I am laughing at you and you are Not the person of the Holy Spirit.
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    Again, I did not see an honest response to 2 Thess 2:1-2. Be honest friend.
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh...
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the time of my coming; he saw it and was glad.” 57 They said to him, “You are not even fifty years old—and you have seen Abraham?”[d] 58 “I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.” 59 Then they picked up...
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    Church councils?

    read to here, how did that happen?