Paraclete and the Holy Spirit

Origen, De Principiis (On First Principles) Direct teaching

We must know, therefore, that the Paraclete is the Holy Spirit, who teaches truths that cannot be spoken in words and are, so to speak, unspeakable, and which it is not lawful for a man to utter; that is, they cannot be expressed by human language. We think the apostle uses the phrase "it is not lawful" instead of "it is not possible." This is also the case in the passage where he says, "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not." For he says those things are lawful for us when they are in our power, because we may have them. But the Paraclete, who is called the Holy Spirit, is so called from His work of consolation, since "paraclesis" is called "consolatio" in Latin. For if anyone has become worthy to share in the Holy Spirit through the knowledge of His ineffable mysteries, he certainly receives comfort and joy of heart. For by the teaching of the Spirit he comes to know the reasons for all things that happen, how or why they occur. So his soul cannot be troubled in any respect, or admit any feeling of sorrow. Nor is he alarmed by anything, since, clinging to the Word of God and His wisdom, he through th

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Direct teaching

But this Holy Spirit the Lord Christ calls at one time the Paraclete, at another pronounces to be the Spirit of truth.

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Supporting witness

And, When the Spirit of truth shall come, He will direct you into all the truth.

John 14:17 Background

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

Tertullian, On the Veiling of Virgins Direct teaching

... God should either have ceased or else have stopped advancing? Whereas the reason the Lord sent the Paraclete was that human mediocrity was unable to take in all things at once. So discipline was to be directed, ordained, and carried on little by little to perfection by that Vicar of the Lord, the Holy Spirit. Still, He said, "I have many things to say to you, but you are not yet able to bear them. When that Spirit of truth shall have come, He will conduct you into all truth, and will report to you the supervening things." But, moreover, He also made a declaration concerning this work of His. What, then, is the Paraclete's administrative office but this: the direction of discipline, the revelation of the Scriptures, the reformation of the intellect, and the advancement toward better things? Nothing is without stages of growth. All things await their season. In short, the Preacher says, "A time to everything." Look how creation itself advances little by little to fruitfulness. First comes the grain, and from the grain arises the shoot, and from the shoot the shrub struggles out. Thereafter boughs and leaves gather strength, and the whole thing that we call a tree expands. Then fo

Origen, De Principiis (On First Principles) Direct teaching

...f the Holy Spirit when he declares, "God has revealed them to us by His Holy Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God;" and again in the Gospel, when the Saviour, speaking of the divine and deeper parts of His teaching, which His disciples were not yet able to receive, thus addresses them: "I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now; but when the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, has come, He will teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you." We must understand, therefore, that just as the Son, who alone knows the Father, reveals Him to whom He will, so also the Holy Spirit, who alone searches the deep things of God, reveals God to whom He will: "For the Spirit blows where He lists." We must not suppose, however, that the Spirit derives His knowledge through revelation from the Son. For if the Holy Spirit knows the Father through the Son's revelation, He passes from a state of ignorance into one of knowledge. But it is both impious and foolish to confess the Holy Spirit and yet ascribe ignorance to Him. For even if something else existed before the Holy Spirit, it was not by

Origen, Commentary on John Direct teaching

...that the Son is second beside the Father, He being the same as the Father, while a distinction is clearly drawn between the Spirit and the Son in the passage, Matthew 12:32: “Whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, he shall not have forgiveness, either in this world or in the world to come.” We consider, therefore, that there are three hypostases: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. At the same time, we believe that nothing is uncreated except the Father. Therefore, as the more pious and truer course, we admit that all things were made by the Word, and that the Holy Spirit is the most excellent and the first in order of all that was made by the Father through Christ. And this, perhaps, is the reason why the Spirit is not called God’s own Son. The Only-begotten alone is by nature and from the beginning a Son, and the Holy Spirit seems to need the Son to minister His essence to Him, so as to enable Him not only to exist, but also to be wise and reasonable and just, and all that we must think of Him as being. All this He has by participation in the character of Christ, of which we have s

Gregory Thaumaturgus, A Sectional Confession of Faith Direct teaching

...im. God also bore them witness with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and with gifts of the Holy Spirit" Hebrews 2:3-4. And again he says in the same epistle: "Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, 'Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, when your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works for forty years. Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways. So I swore in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest'" Hebrews 3:7-11. And there too they ought to listen to Paul, because he in no way separates the Holy Spirit from the divinity of the Father and the Son. Instead, he clearly presents the speech of the Holy Spirit as coming from the person of the Father, and thus as spoken by God, just as it has been shown in the statements mentioned earlier. Therefore the holy Trinity is believed to be one God, in agreement with these testimonies of Holy Scripture, although throughout the inspired Scriptures countless declarations are given to us, all confirming the apostolic and ecclesiastical faith.

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Direct teaching

...er all. Christ is the only begotten God, the beloved Son, the Lord of glory. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, who is sent by Christ, is taught by Him, and proclaims Him.

Origen, De Principiis (On First Principles) Direct teaching

In the case of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete must be understood in the sense of comforter, inasmuch as He bestows consolation upon the souls to whom He openly reveals the apprehension of spiritual knowledge.

Hippolytus, Against the Heresy of Noetus Direct teaching

..., but of one; of two Persons, however, and of a third divine arrangement, that is, the grace of the Holy Spirit. For the Father indeed is One, but there are two Persons, because there is also the Son; and then there is the third, the Holy Spirit. The Father decrees, the Word carries out, and the Son is manifested, through whom the Father is believed on. The harmonious divine arrangement is led back to one God, for God is One. It is the Father who commands, and the Son who obeys, and the Holy Spirit who gives understanding. The Father is above all, and the Son is through all, and the Holy Spirit is in all. And we cannot otherwise think of one God, except by truly believing in Father and Son and Holy Spirit. For the Jews glorified, or gloried in, the Father, but did not give Him thanks, for they did not recognize the Son. The disciples recognized the Son, but not in the Holy Spirit; therefore they also denied Him. The Father's Word, therefore, knowing the divine arrangement and the will of the Father, namely, that the Father seeks to be worshipped in no other way than this, gave this charge to the disciples after He rose from the dead: "Go and teach all nations, baptizing them in

Archelaus, Disputation with Manes Direct teaching

...ople. You are not able to understand even one person of another nation when he speaks. But the Holy Spirit is not like that. God forbid. He gives to all, and knows every kind of language, and understands all things, and becomes all things to all people, so that even the thoughts of the heart cannot escape His knowledge. For what does the Scripture say? It says that every man heard the apostles speak in his own language through the Spirit, the Paraclete. But why should I say more about this? Barbarian priest and crafty helper of Mithras, you will only be a worshipper of the sun-god Mithras, who, as you think, gives light to places of mystical meaning and is a self-aware deity. That is, you will behave as his worshippers do, and you will celebrate his mysteries, though with less elegance, so to speak. But why should I take all this so angrily? Is it not fitting that you should multiply like the tares until that same mighty father of yours comes, raising the dead, as he will claim to do, and persecuting almost to hell itself all who refuse to obey him? He will keep crowds under control by the terror of the proud arrogance in which he fortifies himself. He will use threats against o

Gregory Thaumaturgus, A Sectional Confession of Faith Direct teaching

And there is also the perfect Holy Spirit supplied of God through the Son to the sons of adoption, living and life-giving, holy and imparting holiness to those who partake of Him — not like an unsubstantial breath breathed into them by man, but as the living Breath proceeding from God.

Hippolytus, Discourse on the Holy Theophany Supporting witness

..., O God, and renew a right spirit within me." Gabriel also spoke of this Spirit to the Virgin: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you." By this Spirit Peter spoke that blessed word: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." By this Spirit the rock of the Church was established. This is the Spirit, the Comforter, who is sent because of you, that He may show you to be the Son of God.

Victorinus, Commentary on the Apocalypse Supporting witness

...k of curse and attains the fruit of righteousness. If Christ was only man, how does He say that the Paraclete shall take of His, those things which He shall declare? For the Paraclete does not receive anything from man. Rather, the Paraclete offers knowledge to man. Nor does the Paraclete learn future things from man, but instructs man concerning the future. Therefore, either the Paraclete has not received from Christ, as man, what He should declare, since man could give nothing to the Paraclete, seeing that man himself ought to receive from Him, and Christ in this case is both mistaken and deceives, in saying that the Paraclete shall receive from Him, He being a man, the things which He may declare; or He does not deceive us, as in fact He does not, and the Paraclete has received from Christ what He may declare. But if He has received from Christ what He may declare to us, Christ is greater than the Paraclete, because the Paraclete would not receive from Christ unless He were less than Christ. But since the Paraclete is less than Christ, this very fact also proves Christ to be God, from whom He has received what He declares. So the testimony of Christ’s divinity is immense, sin

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Supporting witness

...ger of curse and gains the fruit of righteousness. If Christ was only man, how does He say that the Paraclete will take what is His, the things that He will declare? For the Paraclete does not receive anything from man, but gives knowledge to man. Nor does the Paraclete learn future things from man, but teaches man about what is to come. Therefore, either the Paraclete has not received from Christ, as man, what He should declare, since man could give nothing to the Paraclete, seeing that man himself ought to receive from Him, and Christ in this case is both mistaken and deceiving us when He says that the Paraclete will receive from Him, being a man, the things that He may declare; or He does not deceive us—as in fact He does not—and the Paraclete has received from Christ what He may declare. But if He has received from Christ what He may declare to us, Christ is greater than the Paraclete, because the Paraclete would not receive from Christ unless He were less than Christ. But since the Paraclete is less than Christ, this very fact proves Christ to be God, from whom He has received what He declares. So the testimony to Christ’s divinity is immense, because in this divine arrange

Victorinus, Commentary on the Apocalypse Supporting witness

...e him; and we will come to him, and make our home with him." Moreover, He also added this: "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send, He will teach you, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you." He also speaks that passage in which He shows Himself to be the Son, and rightly adds, "If you loved me, you would rejoice because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I." But what shall we say when He also continues with these words: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that bears no fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit"? He still goes on and adds, "As the Father has loved me, so I also have loved you: remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; just as I have kept the Father's commandments, and remain in His love." Further, He says also, "I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." Moreover, He adds to all this, "But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me." Since these statements, aft

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Supporting witness

...im; and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him." Moreover, He also added this: "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send, He will teach you and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you." He also speaks that passage in which He shows Himself to be the Son, and rightly adds, "If you loved me, you would rejoice because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I." But what shall we say when He also continues with these words: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit"? He still continues and adds, "As the Father has loved me, so I also have loved you. Remain in my love. If you have kept my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept the Father's commandments and remain in His love." Further, He also says, "I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." Moreover, He adds to all this, "But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me." Since these state

Victorinus, Commentary on the Apocalypse Supporting witness

But this Holy Spirit the Lord Christ calls at one time the Paraclete, at another pronounces to be the Spirit of truth.

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Supporting witness

Moreover, also, He added this too: But the Advocate, that Holy Spirit whom the Father will send, He will teach you, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you.

Victorinus, Commentary on the Apocalypse Supporting witness

...onferred after the resurrection. For He said, “I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, that He may be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth.” And, “When the Advocate has come, whom I shall send to you from my Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from my Father.” And, “If I do not go away, that Advocate will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send Him to you.” And, “When the Spirit of truth has come, He will direct you into all the truth.” And because the Lord was about to depart to heaven, He gave the Paraclete out of necessity to the disciples, so as not to leave them in any degree as orphans, which was little desirable, and forsake them without an advocate and some kind of protector. For this is He who strengthened their hearts and minds, who marked out the Gospel sacraments, who was in them the enlightener of divine things. And they, being strengthened, feared neither dungeons nor chains for the sake of the Lord’s name. No, they even trod under foot the very powers of the world and its tortures, since from now on they were armed and strengthened by the same Spirit, having in themselves the gifts which this same Spirit distributes, and ap

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Supporting witness

...onferred after the resurrection. For He said, “I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, that He may be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth.” And, “When He, the Advocate, shall come, whom I shall send to you from my Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from my Father.” And, “If I do not go away, that Advocate shall not come to you; but if I go away, I will send Him to you.” And, “When the Spirit of truth shall come, He will direct you into all the truth.” And because the Lord was about to depart to heaven, He gave the Paraclete out of necessity to the disciples, so as not to leave them in any degree as orphans, which was little desirable, and to forsake them without an advocate and some kind of protector. For this is He who strengthened their hearts and minds, who marked out the Gospel sacraments, who in them was the enlightener of divine things. And when they were strengthened, for the sake of the Lord's name they feared neither dungeons nor chains. Yes, they even trampled under foot the very powers of the world and its tortures, since from now on they were armed and strengthened by the same Spirit, having in themselves the gifts that this same S

Tatian, The Diatessaron Supporting witness

John 14:16 And I will entreat of my Father, and he will send unto you another Paraclete, that he 45 may be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth: John 14:17 whom the world cannot receive;

Tatian, The Diatessaron Supporting witness

John 15:26 But when the Paraclete has come, whom I will send unto you from my Father, even the Spirit of truth, which goes forth from my Father, he shall bear witness of 43 me: John 15:27 and you also bear witness, because from the beginning ye have been with me.

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Supporting witness

...in the place of the Holy Spirit, and let her not do or say anything without the deacon, just as the Comforter neither says nor does anything of Himself, but gives glory to Christ by waiting for His pleasure. And as we cannot believe in Christ without the teaching of the Spirit, so let no woman approach the deacon or bishop without the deaconess. Let the presbyters be esteemed by you as representing us, the apostles, and let them be the teachers of divine knowledge, since our Lord, when He sent us, said, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19 Let the widows and orphans be esteemed as representing the altar of burnt offering. Let the virgins be honored as representing the altar of incense, and the incense itself.

Hippolytus, Discourse on the Holy Theophany Supporting witness

This is the Spirit, the Comforter, that is sent because of you, that He may show you to be the Son of God.

Tertullian, On Monogamy Supporting witness

But the Paraclete, having many things to teach fully which the Lord deferred till He came, (according to the pre-definition,) will begin by bearing emphatic witness to Christ, (as being) such as we believe (Him to be), together with the whole order of God the Creator, and will glorify Him, and will bring to remembrance concerning Him.

Novatian, Treatise Concerning the Trinity Supporting witness

And, When He, the Advocate, shall come, whom I shall send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from my Father.

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Supporting witness

... during those hours or days when they go through such things, do they refuse to pray, or to touch a Bible, or to receive the Eucharist? If they admit that they do, then it is plain that they are without the Holy Spirit, who always remains with the faithful. For Solomon says about holy people, "So that each one may prepare himself, so that when he sleeps it may keep him, and when he rises it may speak with him," Proverbs 6:22. For if you think, woman, that when you are in your seven days of separation you are without the Holy Spirit, then if you were to die suddenly, you would depart without the Spirit and without sure hope in God. Or else you must understand that the Spirit is always inseparable from you, since He is not confined to a place. But you need prayer and the Eucharist and the coming of the Holy Spirit, because in this matter you have committed no sin. For neither lawful union, nor childbearing, nor menstrual cleansing, nor a nighttime emission can defile a person's nature or separate the Holy Spirit from him. Nothing can do that except impiety and unlawful conduct. For the Holy Spirit always remains with those who have Him, as long as they are worthy. And when He depa

Cyprian, Epistles Direct teaching

..., the Lord proves and declares in His Gospel that sins can be taken away only by those who have the Holy Spirit. For after His resurrection, when He sent out His disciples, He spoke to them and said, "As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they will be retained." John 20:21-23 In this place He shows that only the one who has the Holy Spirit can baptize and give forgiveness of sins. Moreover, John, who was to baptize Christ our Lord Himself, received the Holy Spirit beforehand while he was still in his mother's womb, so that it might be certain and clear that no one can baptize except those who have the Holy Spirit. Therefore those who support heretics or schismatics must answer us whether they have the Holy Spirit or not. If they have Him, why are hands laid on those who were baptized among them when they come to us, so that they may receive the Holy Spirit, since He must surely have been received there, where, if He was there, He could also be given? But if heretics and schismatics who baptize outsi

Anonymous, Treatise on Re-Baptism Direct teaching

... who believed. Certainly, both in water, and no less in their own blood, and then especially in the Holy Spirit, men may be baptized. For Peter says, “But this is what was spoken by the prophet: ‘It shall come to pass in the last days, says the Lord, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and their sons and their daughters shall prophesy, and their young men shall see visions, and their old men shall dream dreams. And upon my servants and upon my handmaidens I will pour out of my Spirit,’” Acts 2:17-18. We find that this Spirit was communicated in the Old Testament, not indeed everywhere or widely, but along with other gifts; or rather, that He sprang up by His own will in certain men, or clothed them, or was upon them. So we see that the Lord said to Moses about the seventy elders, “And I will take of the Spirit which is upon you, and will put it upon them,” Numbers 11:17. For this reason also, according to His promise, God put upon them from the Spirit that had been upon Moses, and they prophesied in the camp. And Moses, as a spiritual man, rejoiced that this had happened, although Joshua the son of Nun had urged him, against his will, to oppose this thing, and yet he was n

Anonymous, Treatise on Re-Baptism Supporting witness

...ishop in such a way as to receive the laying on of hands at once, and yet dies before receiving the Holy Spirit, would you judge that he has received salvation or not? For even the apostles themselves, and the disciples who also baptized others and had themselves been baptized by the Lord, did not receive the Holy Spirit at once. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. And after His resurrection, a considerable time passed before that happened. In the same way, when the Samaritans were baptized by Philip, they did not receive the gift until the apostles, who were invited from Jerusalem to Samaria, came down to them, laid hands on them, and gave them the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands. During that interval, any one of them who had not received the Holy Spirit might have been cut off by death, and died deprived of the grace of the Holy Spirit. Nor can it be doubted that the same kind of thing is common in the present day and happens often: many people, after baptism, leave this life without the laying on of the bishop's hands, and yet are considered complete believers. Just so, the Ethiopian eunuch, when he was returning from Jerusal

Anonymous, Treatise on Re-Baptism Supporting witness

... would necessarily be required from the hands of the bishops. Further, as you are not ignorant, the Holy Spirit is found to have been given by the Lord without baptism of water to men who believe, as it is written in Acts of the Apostles in this way: “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out on the Gentiles. For they heard them speak in tongues, and they magnified God. Then Peter answered, ‘Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?’ And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.” Acts 10:44-48 Peter also later taught us very fully about these same Gentiles, saying: “And He made no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.” Acts 15:9 And so there will be no doubt that men may be baptized with the Holy Spirit without water, since you see that these were baptized before they were baptized with water. In this way, the declarations of both John and of our Lord Himself were fulfil

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Direct teaching

...ded you,” Matthew 28:19. Baptize in the name of the Father who sent, of Christ who came, and of the Comforter who testified. But first you shall anoint the person with the holy oil, and afterward baptize him with water, and at the end you shall seal him with the ointment. In this way, the anointing with oil may be the participation of the Holy Spirit, the water the symbol of the death of Christ, and the ointment the seal of the covenants. But if there is neither oil nor ointment, water is enough for the anointing, for the seal, and for the confession of Him who is dead, or rather of the one dying together with Christ. But before baptism, let him who is to be baptized fast. For even the Lord, when He was first baptized by John and remained in the wilderness, afterward fasted forty days and forty nights. But He was baptized and then fasted, because He Himself had no need of cleansing, or of fasting, or of purification, since He was by nature pure and holy. Rather, He did it so that He might bear witness to the truth to John and give an example to us. Therefore our Lord was not baptized into His own passion, or death, or resurrection, for none of those things had yet happened, but

Early Liturgies, Divine Liturgy of St. Mark Supporting witness

One Father holy, one Son holy, one Spirit holy, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Early Liturgies, Divine Liturgy of St. Mark Supporting witness

We pray and beseech You, O good and merciful God, to send down from Your holy heaven, from the mansion You have prepared, and from Your infinite bosom, the Paraclete Himself, holy, powerful, and life-giving, the Spirit of truth, who spoke in the law, the apostles, and prophets;

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Background

confirm us in the truth, by the assistance of Your Holy Spirit;

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Supporting witness

...s 7:1, and of obtaining the good things laid up for us. Do not count any of us unworthy, but be our comforter, helper, and protector, through Your Christ, with whom glory, honor, praise, doxology, and thanksgiving be to You and to the Holy Ghost forever. Amen. And after all have said Amen, let the deacon say: Let us attend. And let the bishop say this to the people: Holy things for holy persons. And let the people answer: There is One who is holy; there is one Lord, one Jesus Christ, blessed forever, to the glory of God the Father. Amen. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men. Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, being the Lord God who appeared to us. Hosanna in the highest. Luke 2:14; Matthew 21:9. After that, let the bishop partake, then the presbyters and deacons, and sub-deacons, and the readers, and the singers, and the ascetics. Then of the women, the deaconesses, and the virgins, and the widows. Then the children. Then all the people in order, with reverence and godly fear, without tumult. And let the bishop give the oblation, saying, The body of Christ; and let the one who receives say, Amen. And let t

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Supporting witness

And I am baptized into the Holy Ghost, that is, the Comforter, who wrought in all the saints from the beginning of the world, but was afterwards sent to the apostles by the Father, according to the promise of our Saviour and Lord, Jesus Christ;

Apostolic Constitutions, Apostolic Constitutions Supporting witness

but be our comforter, helper, and protector, through Your Christ, with whom glory, honour, praise, doxology, and thanksgiving be to You and to the Holy Ghost forever.