Athanasian Creed (Harley) n. 63

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63. To make three Persons because it is said "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" is to falsify the Word. In the Word there are appearances of truth which, if made to be truths actually and really, become falsities. Otherwise they are truths in both senses, namely in the sense of the letter and the spiritual sense, this sense comes from the Lord through the enlightened rational, as is similarly shown concerning the progression and position of the sun, no. 719 in the APOCALYPSE EXPLAINED. Here may be quoted many passages where the Father and Son are named, showing that these are true in both senses, if viewed from Doctrine, otherwise the sense of the letter is made false.


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