"The relative property of the Son is to……" — William Ames
"The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature."
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30 Quotes by William Ames
William Ames has 30 quotes on this site.
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Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain…
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Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that…
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Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on…
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.
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Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses…
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The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
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The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that…
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The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.
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Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent…
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An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only…
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More Begotten Quotes
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The doctrine of pre-existence pours a wonderful flood of light upon the otherwise mysterious problem of man's origin. It shows…
— Heber J. Grant
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Christ was Begotten by an immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers.
— Bruce R. McConkie
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And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this Holy Being; he was born in the…
— Bruce R. McConkie
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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... In relation to the way in which I look upon the works of God and his creatures, I will…
— Heber C. Kimball
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A heavenly light more brilliant than all others sheds its radiance everywhere, and he who was begotten before the morning…
— Hippolytus of Rome
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The continuing, direct operation of the Holy Ghost on those who are called to be God's children implies, in fact,…
— Carl Jung
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Whereas there can be but one Baptism, they think they can Baptize; they have abandoned the fountain of life, yet…
— Cyprian
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That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created and the inhabitants thereof are…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and…
— Origen
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Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and you have His royal blood running…
— William Gurnall
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Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten…
— John of the Cross
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