generation which is not of the flesh but rather of a spiritual and intellectual kind. Second, this generation has an altogether singular character, for he says, ‘Thou art my Son’, as if saying that although many others are called sons, being [God’s] natural son is proper to Him alone; others are called sons of God because they partake of the Word of God. Third, this is not a temporal but an eternal generation” (Commentary on Heb, 1, 3). The quotation from Psalm 2 is completed by Nathan’s prophecy
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