heaven, and sat at the right hand of His Father, and is ready to come again to judge the dead and the living.
We believe in the life-giving Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—or who has gone forth from Him—a spirit that grants life.
So where, in the words of the prophets, is anything of God’s attributes or His creatures ever described as a “person,” said to be “true from the True God,” “of the essence of His Father,” “equal to God in essence,” “a creator who made all things,” “seated at the right hand of God above the Throne,” or “the one who will judge mankind on the Day of Resurrection”?
Where, in the prophets’ speech, is it stated that God has an eternal, pre-existent son?
Who among them ever called God’s speech, His knowledge, or His wisdom—indeed, any of His attributes—“begotten of Him,” “His son,” or anything of that sort?
Which prophet ever said that something is begotten and yet, at the same time, eternal without beginning?
And where in their statements is it found that God possesses a third person that is His life, called the Holy Spirit, who is likewise a living, life-giving Lord?
Had the Christians believed in the very texts of the prophets as the believers have believed,