Jesus Christ is True and Eternal God
We believe that Jesus Christ according to His divine nature is the only begotten Son of
God, begotten from eternity, not made nor created (for then He would be a creature), but
co-essential and co-eternal with the Father, the very image of His substance and the
effulgence of His glory, equal unto Him in all things. He is the Son of God, not only
from the time that He assumed our nature but from all eternity, as these testimonies, when
compared together, teach us. Moses says that God created the world; and St. John says that
all things were made by that Word which he calls God. The apostle says that God made the
world by His Son; likewise, that God created all things by Jesus Christ. Therefore it must
needs follow that He who is called God, the Word, the Son, and Jesus Christ, did exist at
that time when all things were created by Him. Therefore the prophet Micah says: His
goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. And the apostle: He hath neither
beginning of days nor end of life. He therefore is that true, eternal, and almighty
God, whom we invoke, worship, and serve.
