156. We are, then, clearly taught by these
passages that there is no difference of Name in the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit; and that that which is the Name of the Father is
also the Name of the Son, and likewise that which is the Name of the
Son is also that of the Holy Spirit, when the Son also is called
Paraclete, as is the Holy Spirit. And therefore does the Lord
Jesus say in the Gospel: “I will ask My Father, and He
shall give you another Paraclete, to be with you for ever, even the
Spirit of Truth.” S. John xiv. 16. And He said
well “another,” that you might not suppose that the Son is
also the Spirit, for oneness is of the Name, not a Sabellian confusion
of the Son and of the Spirit. The
Sabellians, anxious to maintain the Unity of God, denied the
distinction of Persons, identifying the Father and the Son. See
D. Chr. B. III. 568, and Blunt, Dict. of Sects, etc., sub
voc.