Athanasian Creed (Harley) n. 156

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156. A canon which will be explained more particularly is, that the Lord is the "Anointed of Jehovah", the "Messiah" and "Christ", also the "Son of God" as to the Divine Human from the fact that the Divine Good of Divine Love which is Jehovah and the Father was in Him from conception, and from which His Human was made Divine Truth when He was in the world, thus such as in heaven. But afterwards it was successively made the Divine Good of Divine Love by union with the Father which was the very being [esse] of his life and was His soul which is called Jehovah. Hence the Lord was made one with Jehovah and thus the Father as to both. The Divine Truth which makes heaven and is called the Holy Spirit proceeds thence. Those who receive that truth from the Lord are "sons of God". From these explanations it can also be confirmed that the Lord in time was not on]y conceived of Jehovah, but also born of Him and that the Holy Spirit proceeds from Him. See the passages brought forward in the APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED (n. 684) - that the Anointed, the Messiah, the Christ and the Son of God are synonymous terms, also how He was King, and that they are the Lord as to the Divine Human, ibid.


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