X.
And again, if the impious say, How will there not
be three Gods and three Persons, on the supposition that they have one
and the same divinity?—we shall reply: Just because God is
the Cause and Father of the Son; and this Son is the image and
offspring of the Father, and not His brother; and the Spirit in like
manner is the Spirit of God, as it is written, “God is a
Spirit.”312
And in
earlier times we have this declaration from the
prophet David:
“By the word of the
Lord were the heavens stablished, and all the
power of them by the
breath (spirit) of His mouth.”
313
And in the beginning of the book of
the
creation314
it is written
thus: “And the Spirit of
God moved upon the face of the
waters.”
315
And
Paul in
his
Epistle to the
Romans says: “But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in
you.”
316
And again he
says: “But if the Spirit of Him that
raised up
Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, He that
raised up
Christ from the dead shall
also
quicken your
mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in
you.”
317
And
again: “As many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are
the sons of
God. For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage
again to
fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we
cry,
Abba,
Father.”
318
And again: “I say the
truth in
Christ, I
lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in
the Holy
Ghost.”
319
And again: “Now the
God
of
hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Ghost.”
320
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