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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The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is.

Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all...

Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all...

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a...

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a...

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be...

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be...

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part...

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part...

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an...

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an...

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from...

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from...

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our...

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our...

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature:...

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature:...

The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of...

The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of...

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He...

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He...

Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in...

Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in...

The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively...

The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively...

The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according...

The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according...

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for...

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for...

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration...

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration...

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as...

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as...

The will of God is single and totally one in Him.

The will of God is single and totally one in Him.

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use...

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use...