Alpha and Omega \(in Scripture\)

Alpha and Omega \(in Scripture\)
Alpha and Omega \(in Scripture\)
Employed from the fourth century as a symbol expressing the confidence of orthodox Christians in the scriptural proofs of Our Lord's divinity

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