Disputes And The Trinity

Nam quod arguat Pater, arguat Filius, arguat Spiritus sanctus ita probandum est. In Psalmo quodragesimo nono legitur: Peccatori autem dcit Deus: Quare tu enarras justitiam meam, et assumis testamentum meum per os tuum? Et infra: Arguam te, et statuam contra faciem tuam. David similiter orans dicit ad Christum: Domine, ne in ira tua arguas me; quia ipse venturus est arguere omnem carnem. Quid vero de Spiritu sancto Salvator in Evangelio dicit? Cum venerit, inquit, Paraclitus, ille arget mundum de peccato, et de justitia, et de judicio. Hoc praevidens David clamabat ad Dominum: Quo ibo a Spiritu tuo, et a facie tua quo fugiam? Nam et quod bonus sit Pater, bonus Filius, bonus Spiritus Sanctus, sic probatur. Dicit propheta: Bonus es tu, Domine, et in bonitate tua doce me justificationes tuas. De se autem ipse Unigentius: Ego sum pastor bonus. De Spiritu aeque sancto David in psalmo dicit ad Dominum: Spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in terram rectam. Victor Vitensis, Historia Persecutionis Africae Provinciae, Liber III, Professio Fidei Catholicorum Episcoporum Hunerico Regi Oblata Source: Migne PL 58.230b-c

For what the Father disputes, the Son disputes, and the Holy Spirit disputes, thus must be proved. In the forty ninth Psalm we read: 'God said to the sinner: Why do you tell of my righteousness and take up my testament in your mouth?'1 And further on: 'I shall dispute with you and I shall stand against your face.' 2 Similarly David prays, saying to Christ: 'O Lord, do not dispute with me in your anger,' 3 because He is coming to dispute with all flesh. And what does it say of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel? 'When the Paraclete comes,' He says, 'He shall dispute with the world concerning sin and righteousness and concerning judgement.' 4 Foreseeing this David cried out to the Lord: 'Where shall I go from your spirit, and where shall I fly from your face?' 5 For as the Father is good, the Son is good and the Holy Spirit is good, so it is proved. The Prophet says, 'You are good, Lord, and in your kindness teach me your justifications.' 6 And concerning Himself the Only Begotten says, 'I am the good shepherd.' 7 And concerning the equality of the Holy Spirit, David in the Psalm says to the Lord: 'Your good spirit shall lead me into the righteous land.' 8 Victor Vitensis, History of the Persecution of the African Province, Book 3, from the Profession of Faith of the Catholic Bishops to King Huneric 1 Ps 49.16 2 Ps 49.21 3 Ps 6.2 4 Jn 16.8 5 Ps 138.7 6 Ps 118.68 7 Jn 10.11 8 Ps 142.11