If they should say Max.,
Dial. cum Pyrrh.,
indeed, that the holy Fathers said in their disputation
concerning the Holy Trinity, “Things that have one and the same
essence have also one and the same energy, and things which have
different essences have also different energies,” and that it is
not right to transfer to the dispensation what has reference to matters
of theology, we shall answer that if it has been said by the Fathers
solely with reference to theology, and if the Son has not even after
the incarnation the same energy as the Father, Max.,
Dial. cum Pyrrh.
assuredly He cannot have the same essence. But to whom shall we
attribute this, My Father worketh hitherto and I work St. John v. 17.: and this, What things soever
He seeth the Father doing, these also doeth the Son
likewise Ibid.
19.: and this,
If ye believe not Me, believe My works Ibid. x.
38.: and this, The work which I do
bear witness concerning Me Ibid. v.
36.: and this,
As the Father raised up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the
Son quickeneth whom He will Ibid.
21.. For
all these shew not only that He is of like essence to the Father even
after the incarnation, but that He has also the same energy.