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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting those volcanic outbreaks which consist of a single mass of lava, usually quite infusible and viscous, and which have been formed by one eruptive effort: a term suggested by Strübel.

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  • [2] Josephus here uses the word monogene, an only begotten son, for no other than one best beloved, as does both the Old and New Testament,

    Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

  • Jesus Christ was described as the "only-begotten Son of God ... one and not two" (homologoumen ton monogene tou theou ena tygchanein kai ou duo ... k.t.l.) and there was no explicit reference to the two

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Kai eis hena kurion Iesoun Christon ton huion tou theou ton monogene, ton ek tou patros gennethenta pro panton ton aionon, phos ek photos, theon alethinon ek theou alethinou, gennethevta, ou poiethenta, homoousion to patri, di 'ou ta panta egeneto, ton di' hemas tous anthropous kai dia ten hemeteran soterian katelthovnta ek tov ouranon, kai sarkothenta ek pneumatos hagiou kai

    Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894

  • _Pisteuo eis theon patera pantokratora; kai eis Christon Iesoun [ton] huion autou ton monogene, ton kupion hemon, ton gennethenta ek pneumatos hagiou kai Marias tes parthenou, ton epi Pontiou Pilatou staurothenta kai taphenta, te trite hemera anastanta ek [ton] nekron, anabanta eis tous ouranous, kathemenon en dexia tou patros, hothen erchetai krinai zontas kai nekrous; kai eis pneuma hagion, hagian ekklesian aphesin hamartion, sapkos anastasin.

    Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894

  • * kai eis hena Kurion Iesoun Christon, ton hui& 232; n tou Theou [ton monogene] gennethenta ek tou Patros monogene. [ton ek tou Patros gennethenta pro panton ton ai& 240; non.]: [2182] 1

    NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

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