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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 13

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

XIII.

Seest thou that all through Scripture the Spirit

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is

preached

,

and

yet

nowhere

named

a

creature

?

And

what

can

the

impious

have

to

say

if

the

Lord

sends

forth

His

disciples

to

baptize

in

the

name

of

the

Father

,

and

of

the

Son

,

and

of

the

Holy

Spirit

?

Without

contradiction

,

that

implies

a

communion

and

unity

between

them

,

according

to

which

there

are

neither

three

divinities

nor

(

three

)

lordships

;

but

,

while

there

remain

truly

and

certainly

the

three

persons

,

the

real

unity

of

the

three

must

be

acknowledged

.

And

in

this

way

proper

credit

will

be

given

to

the

sending

and

the

being

sent

(

in

the

Godhead

)

,

according

to

which

the

Father

hath

sent

forth

the

Son

,

and

the

Son

in

like

manner

sends

forth

the

Spirit

.

For

one

of

the

persons

surely

could

not

(

be

said

to

)

send

Himself

;

and

one

could

not

speak

of

the

Father

as

incarnate

.

For

the

articles

of

our

faith

will

not

concur

with

the

vicious

tenets

of

the

heresies

;

and

it

is

right

that

our

conceptions

should

follow

the

inspired

and

apostolic

doctrines

,

and

not

that

our

impotent

fancies

should

coerce

the

articles

of

our

divine

faith

.

Notes

1
Matt. xxviii. 19.
2
The text is, οὕτω γὰρ (τὸ ἀποστέλλον) καὶ τὸ ἀποστελλόμενον, οἰκείως ἂν πιστεύοιτο, καθ᾽ ὁ, etc.