19. Since, therefore, such an attempt is futile madness, nay, more than madness !, let no one ask such questions any more, or else let him learn only that which is in the Scriptures. For the illustrations they contain which bear upon this subject are sufficient and suitable. The Father is called fountain and light: ‘They have forsaken me,’ it says, ‘the fountain of living water’; and again in Baruch, ‘Why, O Israel, art thou in the land of thine enemies? Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom’; and, according to John: ‘Our God is light.’ But the Son, in contrast with the fountain, is called river: ‘The river of God is full of water.’ In contrast with the light, he is called radiance—as Paul says: ‘Who, being the radiance of his glory and the image of his essence.’ As then the Father is light and the Son is his radiance—we must not shrink from saying the same things about them many times—we may see in the Son the Spirit also by whom we are enlightened. ‘That he may give you’, it says, ‘the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your heart enlightened’. But when we are enlightened by the Spirit, it is Christ who in him enlightens us. For it says: ‘There was the true light which lighteth every man coming into the world.’ Again, as the Father is fountain and the Son is called river, we are said to drink of the Spirit. For it is written: ‘We are all made to drink of one Spirit.’ But when we are made to drink of the Spirit, we drink of Christ. For ‘they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ’. Again, as Christ is true Son, so we, when we receive the Spirit, are made sons. ‘For you have not received’, it says, ‘the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption.’ But if by the Spirit we are made sons, it is clear that it is in Christ we are called children of God. For: ‘So many as received him, to them gave he the power to become children of God.’ Then, as the Father, in Paul’s words, is the ‘only wise’, the Son is his Wisdom: ‘Christ the Power of God and the Wisdom of God.’ But as the Son is Wisdom, so we, receiving the Spirit of Wisdom, have the Son and are made wise in him. For thus it is written in the one hundred and forty-fifth psalm: ‘The Lord looseth the prisoners, the Lord maketh wise the blind.’ When the Holy Spirit is given to us (‘Receive the Holy Spirit,’ said the Saviour), God is in us; for so John wrote: ‘If we love one another, God abideth in us; hereby know we that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.’ But when God is in us, the Son also is in us. For the Son himself said: ‘The Father and I will come and make our abode with him.’ Furthermore, as the Son is life—for he says ‘I am the life’—we are said to be quickened by the Spirit. For it says: ‘He that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.’ But when we are quickened by the Spirit, Christ himself is said to live in us; for it says: ‘I have been crucified with Christ. I live, and yet no longer I, but Christ liveth in me.’ Again, the Son declared that the Father worked the works that he did—for he says: ‘The Father abiding in me doeth his works. Believe me, that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for his works’ sake.’ So Paul declared that the works he worked by the power of the Spirit were the works of Christ: ‘For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit.’

Περιττῆς τοιγαροῦν καὶ πλέον μανίας οὔσης τῆς τοιαύτης ἐπιχειρήσεως, μηκέτι τοιαῦτά τις ἐρω τάτω, ἢ μόνον τὰ ἐν ταῖς Γραφαῖς μανθανέτω. Αὐτ άρκη γὰρ καὶ ἱκανὰ τὰ ἐν ταύταις κείμενα περὶ τούτου παραδείγματα. Πηγὴ τοίνυν καὶ φῶς λέγεται ὁ Πατήρ· «Ἐμὲ» γὰρ, φησὶν, «ἐγκατέλι πον πηγὴν ὕδατος ζῶντος.» Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ Βα ρούχ· «Τί ἐστιν, Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἶ; ἐγκατέλιπες τὴν πηγὴν τῆς σοφίας·» καὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἰωάννην· «Ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν φῶς ἐστι.» Λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς ὡς μὲν πρὸς τὴν πηγὴν ποτα μός· «Ὁ ποταμὸς» γὰρ «τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπληρώθη ὑδά των·» πρὸς δὲ τὸ φῶς ἀπαύγασμα, λέγοντος τοῦ Παύλου· «Ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης, καὶ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ.» Τοῦ τοίνυν Πατρὸς φωτὸς ὄντος, τοῦ δὲ Υἱοῦ ἀπαυγάσματος αὐτοῦ (τὰ αὐτὰ γὰρ περὶ τούτων μάλιστα οὐκ ὀκνητέον λέγειν πολλάκις), ἔξεστιν ὁρᾷν καὶ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ τὸ Πνεῦμα, ἐν ᾧ φωτιζόμεθα· «Ἵνα» γὰρ, φησὶ, «δώῃ ὑμῖν Πνεῦμα σοφίας καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως ἐν ἐπιγνώ σει αὐτοῦ, πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας.» Τῷ δὲ Πνεύματι φωτιζομένων ἡμῶν, ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ φωτίζων· «Ἦν» γὰρ, φησὶ, «τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.» Πάλιν τε τοῦ Πατρὸς ὄντος πηγῆς, τοῦ δὲ Υἱοῦ ποταμοῦ λεγομέ νου, πίνειν λεγόμεθα τὸ Πνεῦμα· γέγραπται γὰρ, ὅτι «Ἡμεῖς πάντες ἓν Πνεῦμα ἐποτίσθημεν.» Τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ποτιζόμενοι, τὸν Χριστὸν πίνομεν· «Ἔπινον» γὰρ «ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας· ἡ δὲ πέτρα ἦν ὁ Χριστός.» Καὶ πάλιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὄντος ἀληθινοῦ Υἱοῦ, ἡμεῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα λαμβάνοντες, υἱοποιούμεθα· «Οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε,» φησὶ, «Πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον· ἀλλ' ἐλάβετε Πνεῦμα υἱο θεσίας.» Υἱοποιούμενοι δὲ τῷ Πνεύματι, δῆλον, ὅτι ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ χρηματίζομεν τέκνα Θεοῦ· «Ὅσοι» γὰρ «ἔλαβον αὐτὸν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι.» Εἶτα τοῦ Πατρὸς, ὡς ὁ Παῦ λος εἶπε, μόνου σοφοῦ ὄντος, ὁ Υἱός ἐστιν ἡ σοφία αὐτοῦ. «Χριστὸς» γὰρ «Θεοῦ δύναμις καὶ Θεοῦ σοφία.» Τοῦ δὲ Υἱοῦ ὄντος τῆς σοφίας, ἡμεῖς Πνεῦμα σοφίας λαμβάνοντες, τὸν Υἱὸν ἔχομεν, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ σοφοὶ γινόμεθα. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ γέ γραπται ἐν τῷ ἑκατοστῷ τεσσαρακοστῷ πέμπτῳ ψαλμῷ· «Κύριος λύει πεπεδημένους· Κύριος σο φοῖ τυφλούς.» Καὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος δὲ διδομένου εἰς ἡμᾶς («Λάβετε γὰρ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον,» ἔλεγεν ὁ Σωτὴρ), ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστιν· οὕτω γὰρ ὁ Ἰωάννης ἔγραψεν· «Ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μέ νομεν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος αὐ τοῦ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν.» Τοῦ δὲ Θεοῦ ὄντος ἐν ἡμῖν, ἔστι καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, λέγοντος αὐτοῦ τοῦ Υἱοῦ· «Ἐλευ σόμεθα ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, καὶ μονὴν παρ' αὐτῷ ποιήσομεν.» Ἔπειτα ζωῆς οὔσης τοῦ Υἱοῦ, «Ἐγὼ» γὰρ, φησὶν, «εἰμὶ ἡ ζωὴ,» ζωοποιεῖσθαι λεγόμεθα ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι· «Ὁ» γὰρ «ἐγείρας,» φησὶ, «Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ νεκρῶν ζωοποιήσει καὶ τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος αὐτοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν ὑμῖν.» Ζωοποιουμένων δὲ ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι, ζῇν αὐτὸς ὁ Χριστὸς ἐν ἡμῖν λέγεται. «Χριστῷ» γὰρ, φησὶ, «συνεσταύρωμαι. Ζῶ δὲ οὐκέτι ἐγώ· ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός.» Καὶ πάλιν ὥσπερ ὁ Υἱὸς, ἅπερ ἐποίει ἔργα, ἔλεγε τὸν Πατέρα ἐργάζεσθαι· «Ὁ Πατὴρ» γὰρ, φησὶν, «ὁ μένων ἐν ἐμοὶ, αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τὰ ἔργα. Πιστεύετέ μοι, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί. Εἰ δὲ μὴ, διὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτὰ πιστεύετέ μοι.» Οὕτως, ἅπερ ἐν δυνάμει Πνεύματος εἰργάζετο ὁ Παῦλος, ἔλεγε τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἶναι τὰ ἔργα· «Οὐ γὰρ τολμήσω τι λαλεῖν, ὧν οὐ κατειργάσατο Χριστὸς δι' ἐμοῦ εἰς ὑπακοὴν ἐθνῶν ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ, ἐν δυνάμει σημείων καὶ τε ράτων, ἐν δυνάμει Πνεύματος ἁγίου.»