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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 23

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

XXIII.

Seest thou that the Spirit is inseparable from

the

divinity

?

And

no

one

with

pious

apprehensions

could

fancy

that

He

is

a

creature

.

Moreover

,

in

the

Epistle

to

the

Hebrews

he

writes

again

thus

:

“

How

shall

we

escape

,

if

we

neglect

so

great

salvation

;

which

at

the

first

began

to

be

spoken

by

the

Lord

,

and

was

confirmed

unto

us

by

them

that

heard

Him

;

God

also

bearing

them

witness

,

both

with

signs

and

wonders

,

and

with

divers

miracles

,

and

gifts

of

the

Holy

Ghost

?

”

And

again

he

says

in

the

same

epistle

:

“

Wherefore

,

as

the

Holy

Ghost

saith

,

Today

,

if

ye

will

hear

His

voice

,

harden

not

your

hearts

,

as

in

the

provocation

,

in

the

day

of

temptation

in

the

wilderness

;

when

your

fathers

tempted

me

,

proved

me

,

and

saw

my

works

forty

years

.

Wherefore

I

was

grieved

with

that

generation

,

and

said

,

They

do

always

err

in

their

heart

;

for

they

have

not

known

my

ways

:

as

I

sware

in

my

wrath

,

that

they

should

not

enter

into

my

rest

.

”

And

there

,

too

,

they

ought

to

give

ear

to

Paul

,

for

he

by

no

means

separates

the

Holy

Spirit

from

the

divinity

of

the

Father

and

the

Son

,

but

clearly

sets

forth

the

discourse

of

the

Holy

Ghost

as

one

from

the

person

of

the

Father

,

and

thus

as

given

expression

to

by

God

,

just

as

it

has

been

represented

in

the

before

-

mentioned

sayings

.

Wherefore

the

holy

Trinity

is

believed

to

be

one

God

,

in

accordance

with

these

testimonies

of

Holy

Scripture

;

albeit

all

through

the

inspired

Scriptures

numberless

announcements

are

supplied

us

,

all

confirmatory

of

the

apostolic

and

ecclesiastical

faith

.

Notes

1
Heb. ii. 3, 4.
2
διότι.
3
Heb. iii. 7–11.
4
εἰρημένην.