Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished MysteryRussell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
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Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery
Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jehovah's witnesses -- Controversial literature
“Whoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he
hold the Catholic faith, which faith, except every one do keep
whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
And the Catholic faith is this: that we worship one God in
Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; neither confounding the persons nor
dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father,
another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead
of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost is all one; the
glory equal, the majesty co‐eternal. Such as the Father is, such
is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the
Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate. The Father
incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost
incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the
Holy Ghost eternal. And yet they are not three eternals, but one
eternal. As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three
uncreated, but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. So
likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy
Ghost almighty. And yet there are not three almighties, but one
almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God and the Holy Ghost
is God. And yet there are not three Gods, but one God. So likewise
the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord and the Holy Ghost Lord. And
yet not three Lords, but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by
the Christian verity to acknowledge every person by Himself to be
God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic religion to say
there be three Gods and three Lords. The Father is made of none,
neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone; not
made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father
and the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but
proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son,
not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this
Trinity none is afore or after other; none is greater or less than
another. But the whole three persons are co‐eternal together, and
co‐equal. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in
Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
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