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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 18

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

XVIII.

We acknowledge that the Son and the Spirit

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are

consubstantial

with

the

Father

,

and

that

the

substance

of

the

Trinity

is

one

,

—

that

is

,

that

there

is

one

divinity

according

to

nature

,

the

Father

remaining

unbegotten

,

and

the

Son

being

begotten

of

the

Father

in

a

true

generation

,

and

not

in

a

formation

by

will

,

and

the

Spirit

being

sent

forth

eternally

from

the

substance

of

the

Father

through

the

Son

,

with

power

to

sanctify

the

whole

creation

.

And

we

further

acknowledge

that

the

Word

was

made

flesh

,

and

was

manifested

in

the

flesh

-

movement

received

of

a

virgin

,

and

did

not

simply

energize

in

a

man

.

And

those

who

have

fellowship

with

men

that

reject

the

consubstantiality

as

a

doctrine

foreign

to

the

Scriptures

,

and

speak

of

any

of

the

persons

in

the

Trinity

as

created

,

and

separate

that

person

from

the

one

natural

divinity

,

we

hold

as

aliens

,

and

have

fellowship

with

none

such

.

There

is

one

God

the

Father

,

and

there

is

only

one

divinity

.

But

the

Son

also

is

God

,

as

being

the

true

image

of

the

one

and

only

divinity

,

according

to

generation

and

the

nature

which

He

has

from

the

Father

.

There

is

one

Lord

the

Son

;

but

in

like

manner

there

is

the

Spirit

,

who

bears

over

the

Son’s

lordship

to

the

creature

that

is

sanctified

.

The

Son

sojourned

in

the

world

,

having

of

the

Virgin

received

flesh

,

which

He

filled

with

the

Holy

Spirit

for

the

sanctification

of

us

all

;

and

having

given

up

the

flesh

to

death

,

He

destroyed

death

through

the

resurrection

that

had

in

view

the

resurrection

of

us

all

;

and

He

ascended

to

heaven

,

exalting

and

glorifying

men

in

Himself

;

and

He

comes

the

second

time

to

bring

us

again

eternal

life

.

Notes

1
ποιήσει ἐκ βουλήσεως.
2
κινήσει. [For the spiritual κινήσις, vol. iii. note 6, p. 622.]
3
[Evidently after the Nicene Council; the consubstantiality, as a phrase and test of orthodoxy, belonging to the Nicene period.]
4
διαπέμπων.