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From the Homilies on Acts · §2

The Spirit personifies God in the prophets

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…which the Holy Spirit foretold through David's mouth? Perhaps what we are taught here is this: the Holy Spirit uses personification in the prophets.

And if the Spirit personifies God, it is not God who is speaking, but the Holy Spirit…

Greek

προεῖπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον διὰ στόματος ∆αυΐδ; Μήποτε οὖν ὃ διδασκόμεθα ἐνταῦθα, τοιοῦτόν ἐστι. Προσωποποιεῖ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις· καὶ ἐὰν προσωποποιήσῃ τὸν Θεὸν, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Θεὸς ὁ λαλῶν, ἀλλὰ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον

About this text

Origen of Alexandria, Fragmentum ex homiliis in Acta apostolorum (Greek).

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Witnesses

  • Copy-text PG 14 (Khazarzar) (Greek)

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