Book VI.
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The question is proposed, how the
apostle calls Christ “the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”
And an argument is raised, whether the Father is not wisdom
Himself, but only the Father of wisdom; or whether Wisdom begat
Wisdom. But the answer to this is deferred for a little, while the
unity and equality of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost, are proved; and that we ought to believe in a Trinity, not
in a threefold (triplicem) god. Lastly, that saying of Hilary is
explained, eternity in the Father, appearance in the image, use in
the gift.