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Father and we will make our home with him”; 69.6 and Isaiah, “and upon him the Spirit of God,” and Christ, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me” and “Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit” or “the Lord has sent me, and his 69.7 Spirit.” And the voice of the Seraphim is also clear, crying, 69.8 “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Sabaoth.” And if you hear that “being exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Spirit” or “to wait for the promise of the Father which you have heard” or that “the Spirit drives him out into the wilderness” or that he himself says, “do not be anxious what you are to say, for it is the Spirit of my Father speaking in you” or “but if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons” or “but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,” and so on, or “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,” and so on, or “the child grew and became strong in spirit” or “And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan” or “Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit” or “that which is born of the Spirit is spirit,” similar to saying, “what has come into being in him was life” or “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, the Spirit of truth” or, Peter to Ananias, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?” and after this, “You have not lied to men but to God.” Therefore God from God and God is the Holy Spirit, to whom they lied who kept back part of the price of the land; or “who was manifested in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit”—I have nothing greater to say than this. 69.9 And the Son is also God: “from whom,” he says, “is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God,” “Believe,” he says, “in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” and “he spoke,” it says, “to them the word of the Lord,” “And he brought them up into his house and set a table before them; and he rejoiced with all his household, having believed in God” or that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” or “that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior” or “For the grace of God and Savior has appeared for all people, training us” or “awaiting the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus 69.10 Christ.” And the ministry of the Spirit and of the Word is the same: “Pay attention,” he says, “to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God,” similar to saying, “I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.” 70.1 Therefore, as has been shown, the Son and the Holy Spirit work together with the Father: “For by the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and by the spirit of his mouth all their host.” And the Holy Spirit is to be worshiped: “For those who worship 70.2 God must worship in spirit and truth.” But if these work together, a creature does not create a creature, nor does divinity become created, nor is God known in measure or limitation. For he is uncircumscribable, uncontainable, 70.3 incomprehensible, containing all the works of God. Nor is creation to be worshipped: “For they worshipped,” he says, “the creation rather than the Creator and became fools.” For how is it not foolish to theologize a creature and to set aside the first commandment which says, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your 70.4 God is one Lord”; “There shall be in you no new god.” And in the holy scriptures different names are called of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: of the Father: Father, Almighty, Father of all, Father of Christ; of the Son: Word, Christ, True Light; of the Holy Spirit: Paraclete, Spirit of truth, Spirit of God, Spirit of 70.5 Christ. Further, therefore, God is understood both as Father and Light,

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πατὴρ καὶ μονὴν παρ' αὐτῷ ποιησόμεθα»· 69.6 Ἠσαΐας δέ «καὶ ἐπ' αὐτὸν πνεῦμα θεοῦ», ὁ δὲ Χριστός «πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με» καί «Ἰησοῦν τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ, ὃν ἔχρισεν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι ἁγίῳ» ἤ «κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με καὶ τὸ 69.7 πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ». φανερὰ δὲ καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν Σεραφίμ, κράζουσα 69.8 «ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος κύριος Σαβαώθ». ἐὰν δὲ ἀκούσῃς ὅτι «τῇ δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑψωθεὶς τήν τε ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πνεύματος λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός» ἤ «περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἣν ἠκούσατε» ἢ ὅτι «τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτὸν ἐκβάλλει εἰς τὴν ἔρημον» ἢ ὅτι αὐτὸς λέγει «μὴ μεριμνήσητε τί εἴπητε, ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός μου τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν» ἤ «εἰ δὲ ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια» ἤ «ὁ δὲ βλασφημῶν εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, ἤ «πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἤ «τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο τῷ πνεύματι» ἤ «Ἰησοῦς δὲ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου» ἤ «ὑπέστρεψεν Ἰησοῦς τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος» ἤ «τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν» ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν «ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν» ἤ «κἀγὼ παρακαλέσω τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἄλλον παράκλητον δώσει ὑμῖν, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας» ἤ «διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσε τὴν καρδίαν σου ὁ Σατανᾶς τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ Πέτρος ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον;» καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα «οὐκ ἀνθρώποις ἐψεύσω, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ», ἄρα θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ᾧ ἐψεύσαντο οἱ τοῦ τιμήματος τοῦ χωρίου νοσφισάμενοι ἤ «ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι»-τούτου μεῖζον οὐκ 69.9 ἔχω λέγειν. θεὸς δὲ καὶ ὁ υἱός· «ἐξ ὧν» φησίν «ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεός», «πίστευσον», φησίν, «εἰς τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ σωθήσῃ» καί «ἐλάλησε», φησίν, «αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου», «ἀναγαγών τε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς τράπεζαν καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο πανοικὶ πεπιστευκὼς τῷ θεῷ» ἢ ὅτι «ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος» ἤ «ἵνα τὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ κοσμήσωσιν» ἤ «ἐπεφάνη γὰρ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, παιδεύουσα ἡμᾶς» ἤ «προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ 69.10 Χριστοῦ». ἡ αὐτὴ δὲ ἡ διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος καὶ τοῦ Λόγου· «προσέχετε», φησίν, «ἑαυτοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ, ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς ἔθετο τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ» ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν «χάριν ἔχω τῷ ἐνδυναμώσαντί με Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ὅτι πιστόν με ἡγήσατο θέμενος εἰς διακονίαν». 70.1 Συνεργεῖ τοίνυν, ὡς ἀποδέδεικται, τῷ πατρὶ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· «τῷ λόγῳ γὰρ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν». προσκυνητὸν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· «τοὺς γὰρ προσκυνοῦντας 70.2 θεῷ ἐν πνεύματι δεῖ προσκυνεῖν καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.» εἰ δὲ συνεργεῖ ταῦτα, κτίσις κτίσιν οὐκ ἐργάζεται οὐδὲ κτιστὴ ἡ θεότης γίνεται οὐδὲ ἐν μέτρῳ ἢ περιοχῇ θεὸς γινώσκεται. ἔστι γὰρ ἀπερίγραφος ἀχώρητος 70.3 ἀπερινόητος, πάντα περιέχων τὰ ποιήματα τοῦ θεοῦ. οὐδὲ λατρευτὴ ἡ κτίσις· «ἐλάτρευσαν, γάρ φησιν, τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν κτίσαντα καὶ ἐμωράνθησαν». πῶς γὰρ οὐ μωρὸν κτίσιν θεολογεῖν ἀθετεῖν τε τὴν πρώτην ἐντολὴν τὴν λέγουσαν «ἄκουε Ἰσραήλ, κύριος ὁ 70.4 θεός σου κύριος εἷς ἐστιν»· «οὐκ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ θεὸς πρόσφατος». ἐν γραφαῖς δὲ ἁγίαις διάφορα ὀνόματα καλεῖται πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, πατρὸς μὲν πατὴρ παντοκράτωρ πατὴρ ἁπάντων πατὴρ Χριστοῦ· υἱοῦ δὲ Λόγος Χριστὸς φῶς ἀληθινόν· τοῦ δὲ ἁγίου πνεύματος παράκλητος πνεῦμα ἀληθείας πνεῦμα θεοῦ πνεῦμα 70.5 Χριστοῦ. ἔτι τοίνυν ὁ θεὸς νοεῖται καὶ πατὴρ φῶς,