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The Apostle indeed declares this in the whole body of his writings, and
admirably says in writing to the Galatians: "Paul an Apostle not of men,
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father." You see how
thoroughly consistent he is with himself in the former and the present
passage. For there he says: "Now we no longer know Christ according to the
flesh." Here he says: "Not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ." It
is clear that his doctrine is the same here as in the former passage. For
where he says that he is not sent by man, he implies: "We have not known
Christ according to the flesh:" and so I am "not sent by man" but "by
Christ;" for if I am sent by Christ, I am not sent by man but by God.
For there is no longer room for the name of man, in Him whom Divinity
claims entirely for itself. And so when he had said that he was sent "not
of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ," he rightly added: "And God
the Father," thus showing that he was sent by God the Father and God the
Son; in whom owing to the mystery of the sacred and ineffable generation
there are two Persons (He who begets, and He who is begotten), but there is
but one single Power of God who is the sender. And so m saying that he was
sent by God the Father and God the Son, he shows that the Persons are two
in number, but he also teaches that their Power is One in sending.
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