filiation

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The Filiation of a literary performance is difficult of proof; seldom is there any witness present at its birth.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

Is there not here, with that infinite distance which separates the created from the Increate, a yet striking image of the Divine Filiation?

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

Terrien, La Grâce et la Gloire ou la Filiation Adoptive des Enfants de Dieu Etudiée dans sa Réalité, ses Principes, son Perfectionnement et son Couronnement Final, 2 vols.,

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

Does he not attribute to an immediate influence of especial inspiration even Peter's acknowledgment of his Filiation to God, or Messiahship?—Was it from the Gospels that Paul learned to know Christ?—

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Filiation is thus sometimes paternal and sometimes maternal.

From The Truth About Woman by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)