26. The Apostle, careful to prove that there
is one Godhead of both Father and Son, and one Lordship, lest we should
run into any error, whether of heathen or of Jewish ungodliness, showed
us the rule we ought to follow, saying: “One God, the
Father, from Whom are all things, and we in Him, and one Lord, Jesus
Christ, by Whom are all things, and we by Him.” 1 Cor. viii. 6. The Greek runs:
“εἷε θε
ὁ ςὁπατήρ, ἐξ
οὗ τὰ πὰντα
καὶ ἡμεῖς
ςἰς
αὐτόν.”
Vulg.—Nobis tamen unus Deus Pater, ex quo omnia et nos in
illum. For just as, in calling Jesus
Christ “Lord,” he did not deny that the Father was Lord,
even so, in saying, “One God, the Father,” he did not deny
true Godhead to the Son, and thus he taught, not that there was more
than one God, but that the source of power was one, forasmuch as
Godhead consists in Lordship, and Lordship in Godhead, as it is
written: “Be ye sure that the Lord, He is God. It is
He that hath made us, and not we ourselves.” Ps. c. 3.