80. Who, then, can dare to say that the Holy
Spirit is separated from the Father and the Son, since through Him we
attain to the image and likeness of God, and through Him, as the
Apostle Peter says, are partakers of the divine nature? In which
there is certainly not the inheritance of carnal succession, but the
spiritual connection of the grace of adoption. And in order that
we may know that this seal is rather on our hearts than on our bodies,
the prophet says: “The light of Thy countenance has been
impressed upon us, O Lord, Thou hast put gladness in my
heart.” Ps. iv. 6, 7.