21 May 2026

The Spirit And Freedom

Πῶς τολμᾶς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον δοῦλον προσααγορεύειν, τὸ διὰ τοῦ ἀσπίλου βαπτίσματος πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας ἐλευθεροῦν ; Λέγει γὰρ ὁ Ἀπόστολος, ὅτιπερ, Ο νόμος τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἠλευθέρωσέ με ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τῆς ἁμαρτίας , καὶ τοῦ θανάτου.

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΙΑ' Βυριλλῳ Μακεδονιῳ

Source: Migne PG 79.160d-161a
How is it that you dare insist that the Holy Spirit is a servant, He who through the cleansing of baptism liberates all who believe? For the Apostle says, 'The law of the Spirit of life has freed me from sin and death.' 1

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 211, to Byrillos The Macedonian 2

1 Rom 8.2
2 4th c heresy founded by Macedonius, a bishop of Constantinople, who taught that the Holy Spirit was created and subordinate to the Father And Son

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