" Excellent verse. The Father is not the Son.
To assert otherwise is to teach a heretical doctrine."
Is the Creed heresy here?:
"...one in essence with the Father...."
Have the Methodists scrapped the Creed, Padre?
Nope. We have interpreted it correctly.
The Father is not the Son.
"Essence" speaks of the Godhead. In the unity of the Godhead there are 3 persons (hypostases, if you will.) These three persons are Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The one divine essence refers to the Godhead.