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Although the doctrine of eternal generation has been affirmed by theologians of nearly every ecclesiastical tradition since the fourth century, it has fallen on hard times among evangelical theologians since the nineteenth century. The doctrine has been a structural element in two larger doctrinal complexes: Christology and the Trinity. The neglect of the doctrine of eternal generation represents...

must discern whether it is speaking of the preincarnate or incarnate Word. Athanasius uses this argument prolifically in his Discourse Against the Arians, and the Cappadocians and Augustine followed suit.30 Additionally, in this reading strategy, Proverbs 8 proved important, both because of its use by the anti-Nicenes and because it provided these theologians with a passage that spoke of both Christ’s humanity and divinity. This is perhaps one of the most fundamental hermeneutical moves that the
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