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3. Therefore the Father and the Son together are one essence, and
one greatness, and one truth, and one wisdom. But the Father and
Son both together are not one Word, because both together are not one
Son. For as the Son is referred to the Father, and is not so
called in respect to Himself, so also the Word is referred to him
whose Word it is, when it is called the Word. Since He is the Son
in that He is the Word, and He is the Word in that He is the
Son. Inasmuch, therefore, as the Father and the Son together are
certainly not one Son, it follows that the Father and the Son
together are not the one Word of both. And therefore He is not the
Word in that He is wisdom; since He is not called the Word in
respect to Himself, but only relatively to Him whose Word He is,
as He is called the Son in relation to the Father; but He is wisdom
by that whereby He is essence. And therefore, because one essence.
one wisdom. But since the Word is also wisdom, yet is not thereby
the Word because He is wisdom for He is understood to be the Word
relatively, but wisdom essentially: let us understand, that when He
is called the Word, it is meant, wisdom that is born, so as to be
both the Son and the Image; and that when these two words are used,
namely wisdom born, in one of the two, namely barn, both Word, and
Image, and Son, are understood, and in all these names essence is
not expressed, since they are spoken relatively; but in the other
word, namely wisdom, since it is spoken also in respect to substance,
for wisdom is wise in itself, essence also is expressed, and that
being of His which is to be wise. Whence the Father and Son
together are one wisdom, because one essence, and singly wisdom of
wisdom, as essence of essence. And hence they are not therefore not
one essence, because the Father is not the Son, and the Son is not
the Father, or because the Father is un-begotten, but the Son is
begotten: since by these names only their relative attributes are
expressed. But both together are one wisdom and one essence; in which
to be, is the same as to be wise. And both together are not the Word
or the Son, since to be is not the same as to be the Word or the
Son, as we have already sufficiently shown that these terms are spoken
relatively.
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