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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...

than straightforward, because the exact force of “just as” would be less than transparent (a point to which I shall return), but in any case the Son would be diminished: he would no longer be said to be on a par with God. The life the Son would enjoy, under such a reading of the passage, would not be the life of independence and self-existence, but derived life received at a concrete moment. In reality, the wording of our passage makes its interpretation very difficult: “For as the Father has life
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