unbegotten
Americanadjective
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not yet begotten; as yet unborn.
decisions that will affect our unbegotten children.
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without a beginning; eternal.
Etymology
Origin of unbegotten
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Objection 1: It would seem that it is not proper to the Father to be unbegotten.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
For there is one unbegotten One, the Father, from whom are all things, for all things have been prepared by Him.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
But if this be true, must not the soul be the self-moving, and therefore of necessity unbegotten and immortal?
From Phaedrus by Benjamin Jowett
Or that there be understood in the term "unbegotten" that He is not in any way derived from another; and not only that He is not from another by way only of generation.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
So if by reason of his opposition to the person begotten, it is proper to the Father to be unbegotten it follows that it is proper to Him also to be unproceeding.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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