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'''Preexistence''' (also "pre-existence") means "before [[existence]]". Literally "preexistence of Christ" means "before existence of Christ—before Christ existed". As applied to [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], the term has its root in an unconscious [[materialism]], the belief that only [[matter]] exists, and accordingly most [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Theology|theologians]] and [[Christian apologetics|apologists]] use the term to mean instead "Pre-[[Incarnation]] of Christ".  

The [[heresy]] of [[Arianism]] teaches that there was a time when Christ did not exist, therefore the term as applied to Christ in its most literal meaning is regarded by mainstream Christian denominations and Churches as heretical and improper. According to orthodox Christian doctrine there never was a time when Christ the Son of God eternally begotten of the Father did not exist. See [[Athanasian Creed]] and [[Ecumenical council]].

The ubiquitous imprecision of ignorantly using the [[Contradiction|contradictory]] expression "preexistence of Christ" to actually mean "pre-incarnate existence of Christ" has become a deeply-intrenched, unthinking abuse of language, unlikely to change, an ignorant deformity of usage which has become a standard expression to [[Denotation|denote]] the eternity and divinity of Christ as one with God the creator and ruler of the universe before "the word became flesh" (John 1:1-2, 14).
==See also==
[[Council of Nicaea]]

[[Council of Chalcedon]]
==External links==
[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Arianism Arianism (orthodoxWiki.org)]

[http://www.trinitytruth.org/pre-existenceofjesuschrist.html The Pre-existence of Jesus Christ (trinitytruth.org)]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-existence_of_Christ Pre-existence of Christ - Wikipedia]

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