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It\u2019s significant that, according to Jesus, the \u201cfirst\u201d or \u201cgreatest\u201d commandment isn\u2019t to affirm the ontological unity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, \u201cneither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance,\u201d but to love<\/em> God. \u00a0And the second isn\u2019t, say, to confess the hypostatic union of divinity and humanity in an uncreated Son who eternally proceeds from the Father, nor even to get the relationship of faith (or grace) and works precisely right, but to love those around us.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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