108. Lastly, you have read that the Father
is both Lord and God: “O Lord my God, I will call upon
Thee, hear Thou me.” Ps. xxx. [xxix.]
2. You find
the Son to be both Lord and God, as you have read in the Gospel, that,
when Thomas had touched the side of Christ, he said, “My Lord and
my God.” S. John xx. 28. So in
like manner as the Father is God and the Son Lord, so too the Son is
God and the Father Lord. The holy designation changes from one to
the other, the divine nature changes not, but the dignity remains
unchangeable. For they are not [as it were] contributions
gathered from bounty, but free-will gifts of natural love; for both
Unity has its special property, and the special properties are bound
together in unity.