Alkaloid use of Ephedra and opium poppies. Also, coca leaves have been used by South American Indians since ancient times. Extracts from plants containing toxic alkaloids, such as aconitine and tubocurarine, were used since antiquity for poisoning arrows. Studies of alkaloids began in the 19th century. In 1804, the German chemist Friedrich Sertürner isolated from opium a "soporific principle" (), which he called "morphium" in honor of Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams; in German and some other Central-European languages, this is still the name of the drug. The term "morphine", used in English and French, was given by the French
Son of God (Christianity) fully deploys Jesus' divine sonship, but does so by building up what one already finds in the Synoptic Gospels and what, at least in part, derives from the earthly Jesus himself. In their own way, John and Paul maintained this distinction. Paul expressed their new relationship with God as taking place through an "adoption" (; ), which makes them "children of God" () or, alternatively, "sons of God" (; (). John distinguished between the only Son of God (; ) and all those who through faith can become "children of God" (; ; and ). Paul and John likewise maintained