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Patristics
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To insure the stability of imperial power, it is sufficient for an emperor to serve God with reverence.
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― The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen: From AD 324 to AD 425
― The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen: From AD 324 to AD 425
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Being (in the sense of "God is Being, from whom all creation takes its being") is an auto-kenetic crystalline active power unfolding within itself unceasingly. The key concept is that of intrinsic cyclic motion, power to act. Existence is a verb, an action, a doing. "Action springs forth" (from "to be") as the "Word leapt.
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― Augustine and Nicene Theology: Essays on Augustine and the Latin Argument for Nicaea
― Augustine and Nicene Theology: Essays on Augustine and the Latin Argument for Nicaea



































