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From the Second
Book.
8. The individual names uttered by me can
neither be separated from one another, nor parted.729
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Ex Athan., Ep. de decret. Nic. Syn., 4. 17. | I spoke of the Father, and before I
made mention of the Son I already signified Him in the Father. I
added the Son; and the Father, even although I had not previously named
Him, had already been absolutely comprehended in the Son. I added
the Holy Spirit; but, at the same time, I conveyed under the name
whence and by whom He proceeded. But they are ignorant that
neither the Father, in that He is Father, can be separated from
the Son, for that name is the evident ground of coherence and
conjunction; nor can the Son be separated from the Father, for this
word Father indicates association between them. And
there is, moreover, evident a Spirit who can neither be disjoined from
Him who sends, nor from Him who brings Him. How, then, should I
who use such names think that these are absolutely divided and
separated the one from the other?
After a few words he adds:—
9. Thus, indeed, we expand the indivisible Unity
into a Trinity; and again we contract the Trinity, which cannot be
diminished, into a Unity. E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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