IV. “And if any one hearing this text,
For as the Father hath life in Himself so also He hath given to the
Son to have life in Himself John v. 26.; denies that the
Son is like the Father even in essence, though He testifies that it is
even as He has said; let him be anathema. For it is plain that
since the life which is understood to exist in the Father signifies
substance, and the life of the Only-begotten which was begotten of the
Father is also understood to mean substance or essence, He there
signifies a likeness of essence to essence.”