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VII.
Of the imposition of the bishop’s hand.
For all the faithful ought to receive the Holy
Spirit after baptism by imposition of the hand of the bishops, so that
they may be found to be Christians fully; because when the Holy Spirit
is shed upon them, the believing heart is enlarged for prudence and
stedfastness. We receive of the Holy Spirit in order that we may
be made spiritual; for the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God.2778 We
receive of the Holy Spirit in order that we may be wise to discern
between good and evil, to love the just, and to loathe the unjust, so
as to withstand malice and pride, and resist luxury and divers
allurements, and impure and unworthy lust. We receive of the Holy
Spirit in order that, fired with the love of life and the ardour of
glory, we may be able to raise our mind from things earthly to things
heavenly and divine.—Given on the Nones of September,—that
is, on the fifth day of the same month, in the consulship of the most
illustrious Antonine and Alexander.
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