the Son
noun
: the second person of the Trinity in the Christian religion : Jesus Christ
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
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Across most denominations and traditions, Christians believe in the Holy Spirit – part of the Holy Trinity, together with God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Son.
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Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
How could the Son of God take up residence in a life as unkempt and scandalous as mine?
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
This rescue device[?] protects the person who surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
bend all knees: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the subterranean, and every tongue
confess [to Jesus Christ].
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Jimmy Breslin may have owned the Son of Sam story, but Dunleavy owned the last shooting — Stacy Moskowitz.
—Susan Mulcahy, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2024
Her mere existence is enough to trigger the Son’s dormant horniness (and inspire classic dreams of running away together), and her Blackness seems to subtly offset the boy’s Mother in a way that suggests our species might somehow be outlived by its biases.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
At the My Lai museum outside Da Nang in Vietnam — formally known as the Son My War Remnant Site — a marble plaque lists 504 victims by name.
—Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
Something about that arrangement seemed friendly, not to mention that the numbers added up to twelve, which, when added again—one plus two—gave you three, meaning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
If both of those sound a little extra, the Son of a Baconator is made with two junior cheeseburgers instead and has about 1/3 less calories.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2024
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Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
How could the Son of God take up residence in a life as unkempt and scandalous as mine?
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
This rescue device[?] protects the person who surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
bend all knees: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the subterranean, and every tongue
confess [to Jesus Christ].
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Jimmy Breslin may have owned the Son of Sam story, but Dunleavy owned the last shooting — Stacy Moskowitz.
—Susan Mulcahy, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2024
Her mere existence is enough to trigger the Son’s dormant horniness (and inspire classic dreams of running away together), and her Blackness seems to subtly offset the boy’s Mother in a way that suggests our species might somehow be outlived by its biases.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
At the My Lai museum outside Da Nang in Vietnam — formally known as the Son My War Remnant Site — a marble plaque lists 504 victims by name.
—Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
Something about that arrangement seemed friendly, not to mention that the numbers added up to twelve, which, when added again—one plus two—gave you three, meaning the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
If both of those sound a little extra, the Son of a Baconator is made with two junior cheeseburgers instead and has about 1/3 less calories.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2024
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