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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 14

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

XIV.

But if they say, How can there

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be

three

Persons

,

and

how

but

one

Divinity

?

—

we

shall

make

this

reply

:

That

there

are

indeed

three

persons

,

inasmuch

as

there

is

one

person

of

God

the

Father

,

and

one

of

the

Lord

the

Son

,

and

one

of

the

Holy

Spirit

;

and

yet

that

there

is

but

one

divinity

,

inasmuch

as

the

Son

is

the

Image

of

God

the

Father

,

who

is

One

,

—

that

is

,

He

is

God

of

God

;

and

in

like

manner

the

Spirit

is

called

the

Spirit

of

God

,

and

that

,

too

,

of

nature

according

to

the

very

substance

,

and

not

according

to

simple

participation

of

God

.

And

there

is

one

substance

in

the

Trinity

,

which

does

not

subsist

also

in

the

case

of

objects

that

are

made

;

for

there

is

not

one

substance

in

God

and

in

the

things

that

are

made

,

because

none

of

these

is

in

substance

God

.

Nor

,

indeed

,

is

the

Lord

one

of

these

according

to

substance

,

but

there

is

one

Lord

the

Son

,

and

one

Holy

Spirit

;

and

we

speak

also

of

one

Divinity

,

and

one

Lordship

,

and

one

Sanctity

in

the

Trinity

;

because

the

Father

is

the

Cause

of

the

Lord

,

having

begotten

Him

eternally

,

and

the

Lord

is

the

Prototype

of

the

Spirit

.

For

thus

the

Father

is

Lord

,

and

the

Son

also

is

God

;

and

of

God

it

is

said

that

“

God

is

a

Spirit

.

”

Notes

1
φυσικῶς κατ᾽ αὐτὴν τὴν οὐσιαν.
2
οὐσία.
3
ἀρχή.
4
πρωτότυπος.
5
John iv. 24.