John i. 18.  “Only begotten God” is here the reading of five mss. of Basil.  The words are wanting in one codex.  In Chapter viii. of this work St. Basil distinctly quotes Scripture as calling the Son “only begotten God.”  (Chapter viii. Section 17.)  But in Chapter xi. Section 27, where he has been alleged to quote John i. 18, with the reading “Only begotten Son” (e.g., Alford), the ms. authority for his text is in favour of “Only begotten God.” OC is the reading of א.B.C. TC of A.  On the comparative weight of the textual and patristic evidence vide Bp. Westcott in loc.