26. Is there, then,
here any room left for doubt, when the Father clearly calls from heaven
in the Gospel narrative, and says: “This is My beloved Son,
in Whom I am well pleased”? S. Matt. iii. 17.
When the Son also speaks, upon Whom the Holy Spirit showed Himself in
the likeness of a dove? When the Holy Spirit also speaks, Who
came down in the likeness of a dove? When David, too,
speaks: “The voice of the Lord is above the waters, the God
of glory thundered, the Lord above many waters”? Ps. xxix.
[xxviii.] 3. When Scripture testifies that at
the prayer of Jerubbaal, fire came down from heaven, Judg. vi. 21. and again, when Elijah prayed, fire was
sent forth and consecrated the sacrifice. 1 [3] Kings
xviii. 38.