ACC ~ Romans 8 v14

WHETHER THERE ARE MANY SONS, MANY SPIRITS. ORIGEN: The Spirit of God is the same as the Spirit of Christ and the same as the Holy Spirit. But he is also called the Spirit of adoption, as the apostle makes clear in this passage. David spoke of this Spirit also when he said: “Take not thy Holy Spirit from me.”

There are many sons of God, as Scripture says: “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you,”… but only one is the Son by nature, the only begotten of the Father, through whom all the rest are called sons. Likewise there are many spirits but only one who truly proceeds from God himself and who bestows on all the others the grace of his name and his sanctification. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

HIS TEMPLES. CYPRIAN: If we are the sons of God, if we have already begun to be his temples, if (after receiving the Holy Spirit) we live holily and spiritually, if we have lifted up our eyes from the earth toward heaven, if we have raised our hearts, full of God and Christ, to supernal and divine things, let us do nothing which is not worthy of God and Christ, as the apostle arouses and urges us. JEALOUSY AND ENVY 14.

LED BY THE SPIRIT. CHRYSOSTOM: Note the great honor here. For as believers we do not merely live in the Spirit; we are led by him as well. The Spirit is meant to have the same power over us as a pilot has over his ship or a charioteer over his horses. And it is not only the body but the soul also which is meant to be controlled in this way.

If you put your confidence in baptism to the point that you neglect your behavior after it, Paul says that, even if you are baptized, if you are not led by the Spirit afterward you will lose the dignity bestowed on you and the honor of your adoption. This is why he does not talk about those who received the Spirit in the past but rather about those who are being led by the Spirit now. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 14.

[PSEUDO-]CONSTANTIUS: Those who live according to the teaching of the Holy Spirit are those who are led by the Spirit of God. THE HOLY LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS.

PELAGIUS: This applies to all who are worthy to be governed by the Holy Spirit, just as (on the contrary) those who sin are moved by the spirit of the devil, who was a sinner from the beginning. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: It is clear that these people will live the blessed life with their Father. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

DIVINE GRACE AND HUMAN WILLING. PROSPER OF AQUITAINE: Since the Lord prepares the will, he also touches the hearts of his children with fatherly inspirations so that they might do good. … Consequently, we do not think that our free will is lacking, nor do we doubt that, in each and every movement of man’s free will, his help is the stronger force. GRACE AND FREE WILL 5.3.

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