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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 7

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Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

VII.

But some treat the Holy Trinity in an

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awful

manner

,

when

they

confidently

assert

that

there

are

not

three

persons

,

and

introduce

(

the

idea

of

)

a

person

devoid

of

subsistence

.

Wherefore

we

clear

ourselves

of

Sabellius

,

who

says

that

the

Father

and

the

Son

are

the

same

.

For

he

holds

that

the

Father

is

He

who

speaks

,

and

that

the

Son

is

the

Word

that

abides

in

the

Father

,

and

becomes

manifest

at

the

time

of

the

creation

,

and

thereafter

reverts

to

God

on

the

fulfilling

of

all

things

.

The

same

affirmation

he

makes

also

of

the

Spirit

.

We

forswear

this

,

because

we

believe

that

three

persons

—

namely

,

Father

,

Son

,

and

Holy

Spirit

—

are

declared

to

possess

the

one

Godhead

:

for

the

one

divinity

showing

itself

forth

according

to

nature

in

the

Trinity

establishes

the

oneness

of

the

nature

;

and

thus

there

is

a

(

divinity

that

is

the

)

property

of

the

Father

,

according

to

the

word

,

“

There

is

one

God

the

Father

;

”

and

there

is

a

divinity

hereditary

in

the

Son

,

as

it

is

written

,

“

The

Word

was

God

;

”

and

there

is

a

divinity

present

according

to

nature

in

the

Spirit

—

to

wit

,

what

subsists

as

the

Spirit

of

God

—

according

to

Paul’s

statement

,

“

Ye

are

the

temple

of

God

,

and

the

Spirit

of

God

dwelleth

in

you

.

”

Notes

1
Trias.
2
ἀνυπόστατον.
3
δημιουργίας.
4
φυσικῶς ἐν Τριάδι μαρτυρουμένη.
5
1 Cor. viii. 6.
6
πατρῷον.
7
John i. 1.
8
1 Cor. iii. 6.