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things, by the Word and by the Holy Ghost." We here see,
according to St. Iraeneus, that God has no need of any thing ;
and he afterwards says, that he does all things by the Word and
by the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is, therefore, God the
same as the Father. He tells us, in another part of his
works (31), that the Holy Ghost is a creator, and eternal, unlike
a created spirit.
" "
For that which is made he is," says,
differ
ent from the maker ; what is made is made in time, but the
Spirit is eternal." St. Lucian, who lived about the year 160,
says, in a Dialogue, entitled Philopatris, attributed to him,
"
What, then,
addressing a Gentile, who interrogates him :
shall I swear for you?" Triphon, the Defender of the Faith,
answers:
" God reigning on high the Son of the Father,
the Spirit proceeding from the Father, one from three, and
three from one." This passage is so clear that it requires no
Father
"
explanation. Clement of Alexandria :
says (32) The
of all is one ; the Word of all is also one ; and the Holy Ghost
is one, who is also every where." In another passage he clearly
explains the Divinity and Consubstantiality of the Holy Ghost
with the Father and the Son (33) :
" We
return thanks to tho
Father alone, and to the Son, together with the Holy Ghost, in
all things one, in whom are all things, by whom all things are in
one, by whom that is which always
is." See here how he
explains that the three Persons are equal in fact, and that they
are but one in essence. Tertullian (34) professes his belief in
the
"
Ghost ;" and,
Trinity of one Divinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy
"
in another place (35), he : says We define, in
deed, two, the Father and the Son, nay, three, with the Holy
Ghost ; but we never profess to believe in two Gods, although
the Father is God, the Son God, and the Holy Ghost God, and
each one is God," &c. St. Cyprian (36), speaking of the Trinity,
says :
" When
the three are one, how could the Holy Ghost be
agreeable to him, if he were the enemy
Son ?"
of the Father or the
And, in the same Epistle, he proves that Baptism admi
nistered in the name of Christ alone is of no avail, for
he says,
"
"
Christ,"
orders that the Gentiles should be baptized in the full
(31) St. Iraen. /. 5, c. 12. (34) Tertul. de Pudic. c. 21.
(32) Clem. Alex. Padag. /. 1, c. 6. (35) Idem, con. Praxeam, c. 3.
(33) Idem, /. 3, c. 7. (36) St. Cyp. Ep. ad Juba.