69. Most fitting was the answer which the
Son of God made to these Jews, proving Himself the Son and equal of
God. “Whatsoever things,” He said, “the Father
hath done, the Son doeth also in like wise.” S. John. v. 19. The Son, therefore, is both
entitled and proved the equal of the Father—a true equality,
which both excludes difference of Godhead, and discovers, together with
the Son, the Father also, to Whom the Son is equal; for there is no
equality where there is difference, nor again where there is but one
person, inasmuch as none is by himself equal to himself. Thus
hath the Evangelist shown why it is fitting that Christ should call
Himself the Son of God, that is, make Himself equal with
God.