6. But inquire also about the contents of the Gospels and the writings of the Apostles, and you will hear how there also, inasmuch as there is a great difference between spirits, the Holy Spirit is not particularized simply as ‘spirit’, but by the addition we have mentioned above. As already stated, when our Lord was baptized in human fashion because of the flesh he was wearing, the Holy Spirit is said to have descended upon him. In giving him to his disciples he said: ‘ Receive the Holy Spirit’; and he taught them: ‘The Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.’ And a little later, concerning the same: ‘When the Paraclete is come, whom I shall send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me.’ Again: ‘For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you’; and a little farther on: ‘But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.’ And in him perfecting all our knowledge of God and the initiation whereby he joined us to himself and, through himself, to the Father, he charged the disciples: ‘Go ye and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ When he promised to send him to them, ‘he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem’; and, after a few days, ‘when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven the sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.’ Hence also, through the laying on of the Apostles’ hands, the Holy Spirit was given to those who were being born again. One Agabus prophesied by him, saying: ‘Thus saith the Holy Spirit.’ Paul said: ‘. . . in the which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops to feed the Church of God which he purchased with his own blood.’ When the eunuch was baptized, ‘the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip’. And Peter wrote: ‘Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and examined diligently, who prophesied of the grace which should come unto us, searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when he testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ and the glories which should follow them.’ And John wrote: ‘Hereby know we that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.’

Paul writes to the Romans: ‘But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies through His Spirit that dwelleth in you.’ To the Corinthians: ‘For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For who knoweth the things of man save the spirit of the man which is in him? And so the things of God none knoweth save the Spirit of God. But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might see the things that are freely given us by God.’ And a little later: ‘Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?’ And again: ‘But ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.’ And again: ‘But all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally, even as he will.’ And again: ‘Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.’ See how he writes to the Galatians also: ‘That the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.’ And again: ‘Because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.’ To the Ephesians he speaks thus: ‘And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.’ And once more: ‘Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.’ To the Philippians he writes very confidently: ‘What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. For I know that this shall turn to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame.’ And again: ‘For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus.’ To the Thessalonians he testifies: ‘Therefore he that rejecteth rejecteth not man but God who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.’ And to the Hebrews thus: ‘... the Holy Spirit signifying that the way unto the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing.’ And again: ‘Of how much sorer punishment, think you, shall he be judged worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?’ Again: ‘For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works?’ To the Thessalonians: ‘Then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the Spirit of his mouth and bring to naught by the manifestation of his coming.’

Ἐρωτήσατε δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς περὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς Εὐαγγελίοις, καὶ ὧν ἔγραψαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι, καὶ ἀκούσεσθε πῶς κἀκεῖ, πλείστης οὔσης διαφορᾶς πνευμά των, κατ' ἐξαίρετον τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον οὐχ ἁπλῶς Πνεῦμα, ἀλλὰ μετὰ προσθήκης, ἧς εἴπομεν, ὀνομάζεται. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Κύριος ἡνίκα, καθὰ προεῖπον, ἀν θρωπίνως ἐβαπτίζετο, δι' ἣν ἐφόρει σάρκα, λέγεται καταβεβηκέναι ἐπ' αὐτὸν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· τοῦτο διδοὺς μὲν τοῖς μαθηταῖς, ἔλεγε· «Λάβετε Πνεῦ μα ἅγιον·» ἐδίδασκε δὲ αὐτούς· «Ὁ Παράκλητος τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ὃ πέμψει ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς διδάξει πάντα.» Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔλεγεν· «Ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ Παράκλη τος, ὃν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὑμῖν παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς, τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται, ἐκεῖνος μαρτυρήσει περὶ ἐμοῦ·» καὶ πάλιν· «Οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ λαλοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τὸ Πνεῦ μα τοῦ Πατρὸς ὑμῶν τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν·» καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· «Εἰ δὲ ἐν Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἐγὼ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια, ἄρα ἔφθασεν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ.» Καὶ τὴν μὲν πᾶσαν θεολογίαν καὶ τὴν ἡμῶν τελείωσιν, ἐν ᾗ συνῆπτεν ἡμᾶς ἑαυτῷ καὶ δι' ἑαυτοῦ τῷ Πατρὶ, ἐν τούτῳ συμπληρῶν, παρήγγειλε τοῖς μαθηταῖς· «Πορευθέντες, μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος·» ἐπαγγει λάμενος δὲ αὐτοῖς αὐτὸ πέμψειν, «παρήγγειλεν ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὴ χωρίζεσθαι·» καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας ὀλίγας, «Ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς, ἦσαν πάντες ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό· καὶ ἐγένετο ἄφνω ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἦχος, ὥσπερ φερο μένης πνοῆς βιαίας, καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον, οὗ ἦσαν καθήμενοι· καὶ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς διαμεριζόμεναι γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρὸς, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐφ' ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες Πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις, καθὼς τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐδίδου ἀποφθέγγεσθαι αὐτοῖς.» Ἔνθεν οὖν καὶ διὰ μὲν τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐδίδοτο τοῖς ἀναγεννωμένοις τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Ἄγαβος δέ τις προεφήτευσεν ἐν τούτῳ λέγων· «Τάδε λέγει τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον·» ὁ δὲ Παῦλος· «Ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἔθετο ἐπισκόπους, ποιμαίνειν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος·» τοῦ τε εὐνούχου βαπτισθέντος, «Ἥρπασε Πνεῦμα Κυρίου τὸν Φίλιππον.» Καὶ Πέτρος ἔγραψε· «Κομιζόμενοι τὸ τέλος τῆς πίστεως, σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν· περὶ ἧς σωτη ρίας ἐξεζήτησαν καὶ ἐξηρεύνησαν προφῆται, οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰς ὑμᾶς χάριτος προφητεύσαντες, ἐρευνῶν τες εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον καιρὸν ἐδηλοῦτο ἐν αὐτοῖς Πνεῦ μα Χριστοῦ, προμαρτυρόμενον τὰ εἰς Χριστὸν παθήματα, καὶ τὰς μετὰ ταῦτα δόξας.» Καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἰωάννης ἐπέστειλεν· «Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν·» ὁ δὲ Παῦλος γράφει Ῥωμαίοις μέν· «Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὔκ ἐστε ἐν σαρκὶ, ἀλλ' ἐν πνεύματι, εἴπερ Πνεῦμα Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν. Εἰ δέ τις Πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ οὐκ ἔχει, οὗτος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ. Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, τὸ μὲν σῶμα νεκρὸν δι' ἁμαρτίαν, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ζωὴ διὰ δικαιοσύνην. Εἰ δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ ἐγείραντος Ἰησοῦν οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν, ὁ ἐγείρας Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ νεκρῶν ζωοποιή σει καὶ τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ὑμῶν διὰ τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος αὐτοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν ὑμῖν·» Κορινθίοις δέ· «Τὸ γὰρ Πνεῦμα πάντα ἐρευνᾷ, καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ Θεοῦ. Τίς γὰρ οἶδε τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ μὴ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ; οὕτω καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐδεὶς ἔγνωκεν, εἰ μὴ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἐλάβομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ἴδωμεν τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ χα ρισθέντα ἡμῖν·» καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· «Οὐκ οἴδατε, ὅτι ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐστε, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν;» Καὶ πάλιν· «Ἀλλ' ἀπελούσασθε, ἀλλ' ἡγιά σθητε, ἀλλ' ἐδικαιώθητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἡμῶν·» καὶ πάλιν· «Ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ἐνεργεῖ τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ Πνεῦμα, διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθὼς βούλεται·» καὶ πάλιν· «Ὁ δὲ Κύριος τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστιν· οὗ δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα Κυρίου, ἐκεῖ ἐλευθερία.» Ὅρα δὲ πῶς καὶ Γαλάταις ἐπιστέλλει λέγων· «Ἵνα ἡ εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ γένηται ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ Πνεύματος λάβωμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως·» καὶ πάλιν· «Ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοὶ, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, κράζον· Ἀββᾶ ὁ Πατήρ. Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλὰ υἱός. Εἰ δὲ υἱὸς, καὶ κληρονόμος Θεοῦ διὰ Χριστοῦ.» Τοῖς δὲ Ἐφε σίοις οὕτως ἔλεγε· «Καὶ μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπο λυτρώσεως·» καὶ πάλιν· «Σπουδάζοντες τηρεῖν τὴν ἑνότητα τοῦ Πνεύματος, ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρή νης.» Πρὸς δὲ Φιλιππησίους ἐπαῤῥησιάζετο γράφων· «Τί γάρ; πλὴν ὅτι παντὶ τρόπῳ εἴτε προφάσει, εἴτε ἀληθείᾳ Χριστὸς καταγγέλλεται, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ χαίρω, ἀλλὰ καὶ χαρήσομαι. Οἶδα γὰρ, ὅτι τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν, διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν δεήσεως καὶ ἐπιχορηγίας· τοῦ Πνεύματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, κατὰ τὴν ἀποκαραδοκίαν καὶ ἐλπίδα μου, ὅτι ἐν οὐδενὶ αἰσχυνθήσομαι·» καὶ πάλιν· «Ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομὴ, οἱ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ λατρεύοντες, καὶ καυ χώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.» Καὶ Θεσσαλονικεῦσι δὲ διαμαρτυρεῖται· «Τοιγαροῦν ὁ ἀθετῶν οὐκ ἄνθρωπον ἀθετεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν διδόντα τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς·» καὶ πρὸς Ἑβραίους δὲ οὕτω· «∆ηλοῦντος τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου μήπω πεφανερῶσθαι τὴν τῶν ἁγίων ὁδὸν, ἔτι τῆς πρώτης σκηνῆς ἐχούσης στάσιν·» καὶ πάλιν· «Πόσῳ δοκεῖτε χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας ὁ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ κατα πατήσας, καὶ τὸ αἷμα τῆς ∆ιαθήκης κοινὸν ἡγησάμενος, ἐν ᾧ ἡγιάσθη, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος ἐν υβρίσας;» Καὶ πάλιν· «Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοι νωμένους ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα· πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ Πνεύμα τος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ Θεῷ, κα θαρίσει τὴν συνείδησιν ἡμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων;» καὶ πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς δέ· «Καὶ τότε ἀποκαλυφθήσεται ὁ ἄνομος, ὃν ὁ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς ἀνελεῖ τῷ Πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταργήσει τῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ.»