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II. It is a Life of the Eternal Word made flesh
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Doctrine of the Eternal Word in the Prologue. .
Manifestation of the Word, as possessing the Divine Perfections
of 1. Life τ : 5 3 : ὃ : 2. Love ἐ Ξ : a : : : 3. Light . : .
The Word identical with the ae ΠΣ Son .
It is in doctrinal and moral unison with— 1. The Epistles of St. John. . ; . 2. The Apocalypse . ; . : : .
Its Christology is in essential unison with that of the Synoptists. Observe—
1. their use of the title ‘Son of God’. :
2. their account of Christ’s Nativity °
3. their report of His Doctrine and Work, and
4. of His eschatological discourses . : : Summary . . ° : 3 : : Ξ
. It incurs the objection that a God-Man is ate ae
cally incredible . This objection misapprehends ne Seviptra aid Ca- tholic Doctrine . :
Mysteriousness of our ΠΣ. ere πηι οἵ the Incarnation . ϑ ° . . . .
. St. John’s writings oppose an insurmountable barrier
to the Theory of a Deification by Enthusiasm
Significance of St. John’s witness to the Divinity of Christ : . : : , ὲ . .
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LECTURE VI.
OUR LORD’S DIVINITY AS TAUGHT BY ST. JAMES, ST. PETER,
AND ST. PAUL. Gal. ii. 9.
St. John’s Christology not an intellectual idiosynerasy The Apostles present One Doctrine under various forms .
