Some indeed of our predecessors have observed, that in the New Testament, whenever the Spirit is named without that adjunct which denotes quality, the Holy Spirit is to be understood; as e.g., in the expression, Now the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, and peace; and, Seeing you began in the Spirit, are you now made perfect in the flesh? We are of opinion that this distinction may be observed in the Old Testament also, as when it is said, He that gives His Spirit to the people who are upon the earth, and Spirit to them who walk thereon. For, without doubt, every one who walks upon the earth (i.e., earthly and corporeal beings) is a partaker also of the Holy Spirit, receiving it from God. My Hebrew master also used to say that those two seraphim in Isaiah, which are described as having each six wings, and calling to one another, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God of hosts, were to be understood of the only-begotten Son of God and of the Holy Spirit. (
Book I, Chapter 3, Part 4)
"Every one who walks upon the earth is a partaker also of the Holy Spirit."
Each of us has received the Holy Spirit. Each of us shares in an immutable, begotten not made, aspect of God?
We are each a child of the Father, a sibling of the Son, sharing in the Spirit of God.
These are not the only descriptions that fit us.
These are not typically how we think of ourselves or our neighbors. What else might change if we began to live in accordance with this identity?
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