ACC ~ 1 Timothy 4 v1a

AUTHORITY OF THE SPIRIT. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: That the Holy Spirit subsists, lives, speaks and foretells I have told you repeatedly on former occasions. Paul writes clearly to Timothy, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith.” This we see in the factions of former times and in our own day. How diverse and multiform are the errors of the heretics. CATECHETICAL LECTURES 17.33.

THUS SAYS THE SPIRIT. NICETAS OF REMESIANA: How could anyone be silent in regard to the divine authority of the Holy Spirit? The ancient prophets cried out, “These things say the Lord.” When Christ came, he also used this word “say” in his own person, “But I say unto you.” Listen now to what the prophets of the New Testament proclaim. Take the prophet Agabus in the Acts of the Apostles, “Thus says the Holy Spirit.”So, too, Paul to Timothy, “Now the Spirit expressly says . . .” . POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 15.

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