sonship
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More broadly, Sobrino espouses an evolutionary view of Jesus' sonship.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was ignorant of the meaning of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and the sonship of Christ.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it is this sonship of God that alone makes any matter in the world.
From The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul by Jarrett, Bede
On the other hand, we may not widen the pronoun further; we cannot allow that the sonship here signified is man’s natural relation to God, that to which he was born by creation.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
From all this, it follows, that our sonship, with all its consequent dignities and privileges, is entirely independent of us.
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Mackintosh, Charles Henry
A trifling predilection for the real thing in sonships is absolutely vital, even to the continuance of the artificial variety.
From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival
There are in the Bible different kinds of sonship, or sonships on different levels.
From Some Essentials of Religion by Bidwell, E. J.
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