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any attribute whatever. If it be permitted to say "God
the Word," why should it be prohibited to say, God the
Mercy, God the Love, God the Vengeance, God the Life,
God the Power, and so forth? I can well understand and
accept the appellation of Jesus "the Spirit of Allah" ("Ruhu
l-Lah"), of Moses "the Word of Allah" ("Kalamu 'I-Lah"),
of Muhammad "the Messenger of Allah" ("Rasul Allah"),
meaning the Spirit of God, the Word of God, the Messenger
of God respectively. But I can never understand nor
accept that the Spirit, or the Word, or the Messenger, is a
Divine Person having divine and human natures.
Now we will proceed to expose and confute the
Christian error about the Paraclete. In this article I shall
the Word," why should it be prohibited to say, God the
Mercy, God the Love, God the Vengeance, God the Life,
God the Power, and so forth? I can well understand and
accept the appellation of Jesus "the Spirit of Allah" ("Ruhu
l-Lah"), of Moses "the Word of Allah" ("Kalamu 'I-Lah"),
of Muhammad "the Messenger of Allah" ("Rasul Allah"),
meaning the Spirit of God, the Word of God, the Messenger
of God respectively. But I can never understand nor
accept that the Spirit, or the Word, or the Messenger, is a
Divine Person having divine and human natures.
Now we will proceed to expose and confute the
Christian error about the Paraclete. In this article I shall