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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 10

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

X.

And again, if the impious say,

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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

.

”

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

.

”

And

in

the

beginning

of

the

book

of

the

creation

it

is

written

thus

:

“

And

the

Spirit

of

God

moved

upon

the

face

of

the

waters

.

”

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

.

”

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

.

”

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

.

”

And

again

:

“

I

say

the

truth

in

Christ

,

I

lie

not

,

my

conscience

also

bearing

me

witness

in

the

Holy

Ghost

.

”

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

.

”

Notes

1
John iv. 24.
2
Ps. xxxiii. 6.
3
Κοσμοποιΐας.
4
Gen. i. 2.
5
Rom. viii. 9.
6
Rom. viii. 11.
7
Rom. viii. 14, 15.
8
Rom. ix. 1.
9
Rom. xv. 13.