139. Now we come to
that laughable method, attempted by some, of showing a difference of
Power to subsist between Father and Son, on the strength of apostolic
testimony, it being written: “But for us there is One God,
the Father, of Whom are all things, and we in Him, and One Lord, Jesus
Christ, through Whom are all things, and we through
Him.” 1 Cor. viii. 6. It is
urged that no small difference in degree of Divine Majesty is signified
in the affirmation that all things are “of” the Father, and
“through” the Son. Whereas nothing is clearer than
that here a plain reason is given of the Omnipotence of the Son,
inasmuch as whilst all things are “of” the Father, none the
less are they all “through” the Son. Cf. Bk. I. iii.
26.