• God the Father is not "alogos" ["wordless" or "irrational"]:
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 6;
• The Word is not something external to the Father, like a human's word:
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 6;
• No one knows the Father, save the Son, nor the Son, save the Father:
  • Mt. 11:27; Jn. 1:18;
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 1;
• The Word is not without subsistence or easily dissipated, like a human's word, but is a person to Whom the words "sent", "settled", etc. are applied in scripture:
  • Ps. 106(107):30; 118(119):89;
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 6 and 7;
• The Word is neither wholly identical with the Father from Whom He derives His subsistence, nor utterly diverse from Him:
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 6;
• The Son was not created, nor is He subsequent to the Father:
  • See Arianism.
• The Son (together with the Father and the Spirit) created the universe:
  • Ps. 32(33):6;
• The Son is sent by the Father:
  • Ps. 106(107):30;

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