The Layman

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  • Begotten – should we still use it?

    Begotten – should we still use it?

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    The word begotten is an old fashioned word which nowadays means ‘brought into existence by or as if by a parent’. Begotten appears to have been the word of choice when referring to Jesus in older versions of the Bible, but it has been replaced in later translations, with the likes of ‘one and only…