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This only begotten Word of God reigns, from ages which had no beginning, to infinite and endless ages, the partner of his Father's kingdom. And [our emperor] ever beloved by him, who derives the source of imperial authority from above, and is strong in the power of his sacred title, 1 has controlled the empire of the world for a long period of years.
[It is difficult to know precisely what is meant here. Possibly the name of Christian.--Bag.] ↩
