II.1258
| 1258 In
Athanasius, Epist. 4, to Serapion, sec. 11, vol. i. part ii. p.
703. |
Theognostus, moreover, himself adds words to this
effect: He who has offended against the first term1259
and the second,
may be judged to deserve smaller
punishment; but he who has also
despised the third, can no longer find pardon.
For by the first term and the
second, he says, is meant the teaching concerning the
Father and the
Son; but by the third is meant the
doctrine committed to us with
respect to the
perfection1260
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τελειώσει.
[i.e., making the disciples τέλειοι. James
i. 4.] |
and the partaking of the Spirit. And with the view of confirming
this, he adduces the word spoken by the Saviour to the disciples:
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them
now. But when the Holy Spirit is come, He will teach
you.”
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