Begetter

But He is not greater in nature than the Son, Who is His Image; or rather, the Begetter is the greater, while the Son, as the Begotten, is not less than He, for, although begotten, He had no beginning of existence (S: S: 52-57).

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

'Begetter' has been used in the figurative sense of inspirer, and it is often assumed that by 'onlie begetter' Thorpe meant 'sole inspirer,' and that by the use of those words he intended to hint at the close relations subsisting between 'W. H.' and Shakespeare in the dramatist's early life; but that interpretation presents numberless difficulties.

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

Inaugurated in Rome in the third century B.C., the Hilaria was dedicated to a pagan goddess named Cybele, sometimes called "The Great Mother of the Gods," sometimes as "the all-Begetter, the all-Nourisher" and sometimes merely as "Mother of Nature."

Liz Smith: A Chapter From The Mother Book 2008

There was God the Father, the Begetter, the Author of all flesh.

Twilight in Italy 2003

But our Physician is the only true God, the unbegotten and unapproachable, the Lord of all, the Father and Begetter of the only-begotten Son.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

Glory of the Begetter, will bear evidence to me, when He speaks by

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

Obj. 7: Further, the Person of the Father is designated not only by the name Father, but also by that of "Unbegotten and Begetter"; and the Son by those of "Word," "Image," and "Begotten"; and the Holy

Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

Power, and Eternal Image, the perfect Begetter of the perfect One, the

A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

Begetter, to save from every attack those whom He created.

The General Menaion or the Book of Services Common to the Festivals of our Lord Jesus of the Holy Virgin and of Different Orders of Saints Anonymous 1899

Having seen the Holy Spirit, thou hast heard the voice of the Begetter testifying to Jesus Whom thou wast ineffably baptizing, O precursor; Him also entreat to save us.

The General Menaion or the Book of Services Common to the Festivals of our Lord Jesus of the Holy Virgin and of Different Orders of Saints Anonymous 1899