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or an individual spirit, but an agency, force, energy of God
with which a man is born or converted into the religion
and knowledge of the One God.
2. - WHAT THE EARLY FATHERS OF THE NASARA
(CHRISTIANITY) SAY ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
(a) Hermas (Similitude v. 5, 6) understands, by the
"Holy Spirit," the divine element in Christ, namely the
Son created before all things. Without entering into the
useless or rather meaningless discussion whether Hermas
confounds the Holy Spirit with the Word, or if it is a
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distinct element belonging to Christ, it is admitted that the
latter was created before all things - that is to say, in the
with which a man is born or converted into the religion
and knowledge of the One God.
2. - WHAT THE EARLY FATHERS OF THE NASARA
(CHRISTIANITY) SAY ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
(a) Hermas (Similitude v. 5, 6) understands, by the
"Holy Spirit," the divine element in Christ, namely the
Son created before all things. Without entering into the
useless or rather meaningless discussion whether Hermas
confounds the Holy Spirit with the Word, or if it is a
118
distinct element belonging to Christ, it is admitted that the
latter was created before all things - that is to say, in the