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Chapter XX.
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English translation and editorial credits: Augustus Henry Eugene de Romestin, Eugene de Romestin (assistant), Henry Thomas Forbes Duckworth (assistant).
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155. This, then, is in the throne of God, for the water washes not the throne of God. Then, whatever you may understand by that water, David said not that it was above the throne of God, but above the heavens,
Complete source paragraph · On the Holy Spirit, Chapter XX., source paragraph 5 · Original source
for it is written: “Let the waters which are above the heavens praise the Name of the Lord.” Let them praise, he says, not let it praise. For if he had intended us to understand the element of water, he would certainly have said, Let it praise, but by using the plural he intended the Powers to be understood.
Complete source paragraph · On the Holy Spirit, Chapter XX., source paragraph 6 · Original source
158. The Holy Spirit, therefore, shares in the kingdom with the Father and the Son, and He is of one nature with Them, of one Lordship, and also of one power.
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