That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life.” So much for Docetists and their denial of the humanity of Christ! None knew better than John that Jesus of Nazareth, the living Christ of God, was the eternal, uncreated, self-existing Word made flesh. He was certainly no phantom. John had already put it all in writing in his gospel. Indeed, the first
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