Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: [but] he that confesses the Son has the Father also.
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
John too: "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath both the Son and the Father.".
Also in the Epistle of John: "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same also hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath both the Son and the Father."
