37. Lastly, the whole of our passage teaches
us that it is not improper in this verse to understand a reference to
the sacrament of the Incarnation. For thus it is written:
“Father, the hour is come, glorify Thy Son.” S. John xvii. 1. When, therefore, He states that the
hour is come, and prays to be glorified, how can one suppose Him to
have spoken but only in accordance with the assumption of our
flesh? For the Godhead has no fixed moments of time, nor does
eternal light stand in need of glorification. Therefore in the
only true God, Who is the Father, we also understand the only true Son
of God to be in accordance with the unity of the Godhead. And in
the name of Jesus Christ, which He received when born of the Virgin, we
acknowledge the sacrament of the Incarnation.