The Jews understood more than the Arians (Thomas Aquinas)

[Reformed Covenanter]

The third thing to be considered is that the Jews understood the words of Christ, I and the Father are one (John 10:30), better than the Arians did. Thus they were incensed because they understood that I and the Father are one (John 10:30) could only be said if the Father and Son are equal.

Thomas Aquinas, Super Evangelium S. Ioannis Lectura (1270-72), C10.L6.n1456.4.

 

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Incensed and all the more without excuse:

"Because He is the Son of God, He is the God who in the beginning laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of his hands. They are mutable, but He is unchangeable and eternal.

There can, therefore, be no reasonable doubt that according to the Scriptures, the term Son as applied to Christ expresses the relation of the Second to the First Person in the adorable Trinity. In other words, it is not merely an official title, but designates the Logos and not exclusively the Theanthropos."

Hodge, C. Systematic Theology, Pari I, Ch. VI