only-begotten
Britishadjective
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O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
From BBC • May 5, 2023
This gives us the Logos, or the only-begotten.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
Although angels are called sons of the Lord our God, and even Christians are termed his children, yet no one of these is said to be the "only" or "only-begotten" Son.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Luther, Martin
No. Heaven will be attractive, because there we shall behold Him who loved us so much as to give His only-begotten Son to die for us.
From The Way to God and How to Find It by Moody, Dwight Lyman
And from these proceeds an only-begotten son, Moumis, which, I conceive, is no other than the intelligible world proceeding from the two principles.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
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