is a second error—granted, that is, if the word “son” had ever been applied to one of God’s attributes. How much stronger is the objection when it has never been used that way at all!

Likewise, they never employ the term “Holy Spirit” for God’s life, nor do they intend by it the divine life that is His attribute. Rather, they mean the assistance He sends down upon the truthful and the prophets, strengthening them with it, as in David’s plea:

“Do not take Your holy spirit from me.”

They also believe that the Holy Spirit dwelt in the disciples. We have already shown that “Holy Spirit” may denote the angel and may also signify the guidance and power He sets within hearts.

This is the sense of the prophecy that says,

“In those days I will pour out of My spirit upon every saint,”

and of David’s words in the Psalms,

“Your good spirit will guide me on level ground.”

The same understanding appears in their creed, where they declare,

“For us human beings and for our salvation He came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and of Mary the Virgin.”

They claim that this wording is found in the sacred scriptures, whereas what is in the scriptures—