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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 19

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

XIX.

One is the Son, both before the

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incarnation

and

after

the

incarnation

.

The

same

(

Son

)

is

both

man

and

God

,

both

these

together

as

though

one

;

and

the

God

the

Word

is

not

one

person

,

and

the

man

Jesus

another

person

,

but

the

same

who

subsisted

as

Son

before

was

made

one

with

flesh

by

Mary

,

so

constituting

Himself

a

perfect

,

and

holy

,

and

sinless

man

,

and

using

that

economical

position

for

the

renewal

of

mankind

and

the

salvation

of

all

the

world

.

God

the

Father

,

being

Himself

the

perfect

Person

,

has

thus

the

perfect

Word

begotten

of

Him

truly

,

not

as

a

word

that

is

spoken

,

nor

yet

again

as

a

son

by

adoption

,

in

the

sense

in

which

angels

and

men

are

called

sons

of

God

,

but

as

a

Son

who

is

in

nature

God

.

And

there

is

also

the

perfect

Holy

Spirit

supplied

of

God

through

the

Son

to

the

sons

of

adoption

,

living

and

life

-

giving

,

holy

and

imparting

holiness

to

those

who

partake

of

Him

,

—

not

like

an

unsubstantial

breath

breathed

into

them

by

man

,

but

as

the

living

Breath

proceeding

from

God

.

Wherefore

the

Trinity

is

to

be

adored

,

to

be

glorified

,

to

be

honoured

,

and

to

be

reverenced

;

the

Father

being

apprehended

in

the

Son

even

as

the

Son

is

of

Him

,

and

the

Son

being

glorified

in

the

Father

,

inasmuch

as

He

is

of

the

Father

,

and

being

manifested

in

the

Holy

Spirit

to

the

sanctified

.

Notes

1
χορηγούμενον.
2
πνοήν.