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A Declaration of Faith.¹

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A Declaration of Faith.¹

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There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image:² perfect Begetter of the perfect Begotten, Father of the only-begotten Son. There is one Lord, Only of the Only,³ God of God, Image and Likeness of Deity, Efficient Word,⁴ Wisdom comprehensive⁵ of the constitution of all things, and Power formative⁶ of the whole creation, true Son of true Father, Invisible of Invisible, and Incorruptible of Incorruptible, and Immortal of Immortal and Eternal of Eternal.⁷ And there is One Holy Spirit, having His subsistence⁸ from God, and being made manifest⁹ by the Son, to wit to men:¹⁰ Image¹¹ of the Son, Perfect Image of the Perfect;¹² Life, the Cause of the living; Holy Fount; Sanctity, the Supplier, or Leader,¹³ of Sanctification; in whom is manifested God the Father, who is above all and in all, and God the Son, who is through all. There is a perfect Trinity, in glory and eternity and sovereignty, neither divided nor estranged.¹⁴ Wherefore there is nothing either created or in servitude¹⁵ in the Trinity;¹⁶ nor anything superinduced,¹⁷ as if at some former period it was non-existent, and at some later period it was introduced. And thus neither was the Son ever wanting to the Father, nor the Spirit to the Son;¹⁸ but without variation and without change, the same Trinity abideth ever.¹⁹