134. The Son received all things from the
Father, for He Himself said: “All things have been
delivered unto Me from My Father.” S. Matt. xi. 27. All that is the Father’s the
Son also has, for He says again: “All things which the
Father hath are Mine.” S. John xv. 15. And those
things which He Himself received by Unity of nature, the Spirit by the
same Unity of nature received also from Him, as the Lord Jesus Himself
declares, when speaking of His Spirit: “Therefore said I,
He shall receive of Mine and shall declare it unto you.” S. John xv. 15. Therefore what the Spirit says is the
Son’s, what the Son hath given is the Father’s. So
neither the Son nor the Spirit speaks anything of Himself. For
the Trinity speaks nothing external to Itself.