Gary Pollard
[Editor’s Note: Gary is translating the Ante-Nicene Fathers works, beginning with Origin’s work. It is meant to update the British English of Roberts and Donaldson. What follows is part of that translation]
Since quite a few people interact in some way with God’s divine spirit, it cannot be considered a body. It can’t be divided into physical parts that all believers dip into. It’s obvious that he is a power that makes us pure. We all have access to him if we’re one of the ones who’ve been made pure. Let’s make this easier to understand by using an example that might seem totally unrelated: A lot of people are involved in the art and science of medicine. Do we think doctors are taking a physical piece of “medical science” when they practice? Doesn’t it make far more sense to say that highly intelligent people are more capable of wrapping their minds around the complexities of the art of healing? This isn’t a perfect comparison when it comes to the holy spirit, but it’s there to prove that it doesn’t necessarily have a body and is shared and experienced by a lot of people. The holy spirit is very different from medical practice in that it has an intellectual existence only. It exists and operates very differently from the science of medicine.
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