On the Holy Spirit, Book II

Book II

• On the Holy Spirit II.1 — The Spirit is the Lord and Power; and in this is not inferior to the Father and the Son. 17. Above, you read that “the Lord blessed him, and the Spirit of the Lord began to go with him.” Farther on it is said: “And…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.2 — The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One in counsel. 20. For the Spirit Himself is Power, as you read: “The Spirit of Counsel and of Power (or might).” And as the Son is the Angel of great counsel, so, too,…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.3 — As to know the Father and the Son is life, so is it life to know the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Godhead He is not to be separated from the Father. 26. Let them say, then, wherein they think that there is an…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.4 — The Holy Spirit gives life, not in a different way from the Father and the Son, nor by a different working. The Holy Spirit gives life, not in a different way from the Father and the Son, nor by a different working.…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.5 — The Holy Spirit, as well as the Father and the Son, is pointed out in holy Scripture as Creator, and the same truth was shadowed forth even by heathen writers, but it was shown most plainly in the Mystery of the…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.6 — To those who object that according to the words of Amos the Spirit is created, the answer is made that the word is there understood of the wind, which is often created, which cannot be said of the Holy Spirit, since…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.7 — The Holy Spirit is no less the author of spiritual creation or regeneration than the Father and the Son. The excellence of that creation, and wherein it consists. How we are to understand holy Scripture, when it…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.8 — St. Ambrose examines and refutes the heretical argument that because God is said to be glorified in the Spirit, and not with the Spirit, the Holy Spirit is therefore inferior to the Father. He shows that the particle…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.9 — A passage of St. Paul abused by heretics, to prove a distinction between the Divine Persons, is explained, and it is proved that the whole passage can be rightly said of each Person, though it refers specially to the…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.10 — Being about to prove that the will, the calling, and the commandment of the Trinity is one, St. Ambrose shows that the Spirit called the Church exactly as the Father and the Son did, and proves this by the selection…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.11 — We shall follow the example of Abdemelech, if we believe that the Son and Holy Spirit know all things. This knowledge is attributed in Scripture to the Spirit, and also to the Son. The Son is glorified by the Spirit,…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.12 — After proof that the Spirit is the Giver of revelation equally with the Father and the Son, it is explained how the same Spirit does not speak of Himself; and it is shown that no bodily organs are to be thought of in…vatican.va
• On the Holy Spirit II.13 — Prophecy was not only from the Father and the Son but also from the Spirit; the authority and operation of the latter on the apostles is signified to be the same as Theirs; and so we are to understand that there is…vatican.va