Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son
The Creed - Bishop Barron Film
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51m
“I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ.” With these words of the Creed, we come to the heart of the matter, for all of distinctively Christian faith begins and ends with a particular person: Yeshua from Nazareth, the only begotten Son of the God of Israel—“Light from Light, true God from
true God.” This proclamation—no less shocking nearly two thousand years later—draws us into
the depths of the divine life and into the mystery of the Incarnation.
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