115. Again, from the very fact that the
Father is said to have given to the Son, and the Spirit to have
received from the Son, as it is written: “He shall glorify
Me, for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto
you” S. John xvi. 14. (which He
seems to have said rather of the office of distributing, than of the
prerogative of Divine Power, for those whom the Son redeemed the Spirit
also, Who was to sanctify them, received), from those very words, I
say, from which they construct their sophistry, the Unity of the
Godhead is perceived, not the need of a gift.