6. This is my speech to you, my good men,
uttered in simplicity and with all good will, and this is the secret of
my mind. And may the victory rest with that which will be for the
profit of both you and me, under the Spirit’s guidance of our
affairs, (for our discourse comes back again to the same
point,) The same point,
i.e. from which it started, § 1. to Whom we have
given ourselves, and the head anointed with the oil of perfection, in
the Almighty Father, and the Only-begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit,
Who is God. For how long shall we hide Hide,
etc. S. Gregory here alludes to the “economy” which
refrained from distinctly declaring the Divinity of the Holy
Ghost. Cf. Or. xliii., 68. This declaration of his was
afterwards commented on by his audience and others, cf. Epist. 58, in
which his mode of teaching is contrasted with that of S. Basil.
the lamp under the bushel, S. Matt. v. 15. and withhold from
others the full knowledge of the Godhead, when it ought to be now put
upon the lampstand and give light to all churches and souls and to the
whole fulness of the world, no longer by means of metaphors, or
intellectual sketches, but by distinct declaration? And this
indeed is a most perfect setting forth of Theology to those Who have
been deemed worthy of this grace in Christ Jesus Himself, our Lord, to
Whom be glory, honour, and power for ever.
Amen.