2. Therefore though our discourses
concerning the Holy Ghost are divided, yet He Himself is undivided,
being one and the same. For as in speaking concerning the Father,
at one time we taught how He is the one only Cause Cat. vi.; and at another, how He is called
Father Ib. vii., or
Almighty Ib. viii.; and at another,
how He is the Creator Ib. ix. of the universe;
and yet the division of the Lectures made no division of the Faith, in
that He, the Object of devotion, both was and is One;—and again,
as in discoursing concerning the Only-begotten Son of God we taught at
one time concerning His Godhead Cat. x. xi., and at
another concerning His Manhood Ib. xii. xv., dividing into many
discourses the doctrines concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, yet
preaching undivided faith towards Him;—so now also though the
Lectures concerning the Holy Spirit are divided, yet we preach faith
undivided towards Him. For it is one and the Self-same Spirit who
divides His gifts to every man severally as He
will 1 Cor. xii. 11., Himself the while
remaining undivided. For the Comforter is not different from the
Holy Ghost, but one and the self-same, called by various names; who
lives and subsists, and speaks, and works; and of all rational natures
made by God through Christ, both of Angels and of men, He is the
Sanctifier Compare Basil. de
Sp. Sancto, c. 38: “By the Father’s will the
ministering spirits subsist, and by the operation of the Son they are
brought into existence, and by the presence of the Holy Ghost are
perfected: and the perfection of Angels is sanctification and
continuance therein.”.