John 1:18 Douay-Rheims

No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Hilary of Poitiers

c. A.D. 310–367 Patristic

(de Trin. vi. 39) The Truth of His Nature did not seem sufficiently explained by the name of Son, unless, in addition, its peculiar force as proper to Him were expressed, so signifying its distinctness from all beside. For in that, besides Son, he calleth Him also the Only-Begotten, he cut off altogether all suspicion of adoption, the Nature of the Only-Begotten guaranteeing the truth of the name.

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A.D. 367 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:18

PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. John ↗

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