Sapate Novema 13, 2022
ONE
CREATOR
FAKATUPU PE ‘E TAHA
DEUTERONOMY 32:6 ESV
Do you thus deal with the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
TEUTALONOME 32:6
‘Oku
pehē koā ho‘omou totongi ‘a e ‘Eiki, ‘A e kakai vale mo ta‘e‘atamai? ‘Ikai ko
ho‘o tamai ia na‘e ma‘u koe? Kuo ne ngaohi koe, mo fokotu‘u koe?
Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God
Alone
Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe
AIl the things that are, are either created or uncreated. The one and only uncreated God, for there can be but one uncreated thing. If there were several uncreated things, there would be several eternals, for the uncreated and the eternal are so closely allied that as one is, so is also the other. For if there were several eternals, there would be several infinites, for these are so like unto and allied with each other that whatever is eternal is also infinite and whatever is infinite is also eternal.
Now, since there can be only one infinite (for as soon as we admit two infinite substances, each becomes finite), it is certain that the one and only uncreated thing is God. On this depends also the origin, source, and foundation of the first article of our faith, that is, when we say, "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth," we confess and declare that we have an infallible faith, since it is one resting securely upon one only Creator.
ULRICH ZWINGLI
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