LUTHER 1527 Only-begotten

LUTHER 1527
O how my Oecolampadius would exult if he could produce a Scripture passage in which “body” might mean “sign of the body,” as I have demonstrated like a fool that bread and wine may be called Christ’s body and blood. How gladly would he let the matter rest if “body” might be called “sign of the body,” although he could not prove that it should and must be so called, as he is under obligation to do. But he cannot; God has stepped in and prevented him. It must stand as his own dream, and be labeled Oecolampadius’ silly sign-concept. A faithful Christian, however who listens in on our fanaticism and sees how we play dice with the sacred words of Christ, each according to his own fancy, would surely say, “Oh, you are rascals, the whole lot of you, treating God’s Word as stuff and nonsense; I shall hold to the simple text.”



Only-begotten

The Son, as man, is produced; as God, he is unproduced or uncreated; he is begotten from eternity of the unbegotten Father. To this Athanasius refers the passage concerning the Only-begotten who is in the bosom of the Father.
HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Schaff Volume 3 NICENE AND POST-NICENE CHRISTIANTY A.D. 311-600
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