Monologium, on the Being of God76 Chapter LXXVI. We should believe in Father and Son and in their Spirit equally, and in each separately, and in the three at once.
Chapter LXXVI. We should believe in Father and Son and in their Spirit equally, and in each separately, and in the three at once.
We should believe, then, equally in the Father and in the Son and in their Spirit, and in each separately, and in the three at once, since the Father separately, and the Son separately, and their Spirit separately is the supreme Being, and at once Father and Son with their Spirit are one and the same supreme Being, in which alone every man ought to believe; because it is the sole end which in every thought and act he ought to strive for. Hence, it is manifest that as none is able to strive for that Being, except he believe in it; so to believe it avails none, except he strive for it.
Credendum igitur est pariter in Patrem, et Filium, et eorum Spiritum, et in singulos, et simul in tres; quia et singulus Pater, et singulus Filius, et singulus eorum Spiritus est summa essentia: et simul Pater, et Filius, cum suo Spiritu sunt una eademque summa essentia, in quam solam omnis homo debet credere; quia est solus finis, quem in omni cogitatu actuque solo per amorem debet intendere. Unde manifestum est quia sicut in illam tendere, nisi credat illam, nullus potest; ita illam credere, nisi tendat in illam, nulli prodest.