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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: the Old and New Scripture; and, being stirred by the Spirit, he
enlightened his young disciple to see the true knowledge of God.
But on the day, whereon the prince should be baptized, he taught
him, saying, "Behold thou art moved to receive the seal of
Christ, and be signed with the light of the countenance of the
Lord: and thou becomest a son of God, and temple of the Holy
Ghost, the giver of life. Believe thou therefore in the Father,
and in the Son, and in the Holy Ghost, the holy and life-giving
Trinity, glorified in three persons and one Godhead, different
indeed in persons and personal properties, but united in
substance; acknowledging one God unbegotten, the Father; and one
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