And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned among themselves, he said unto them,
Why reason you these things in your hearts?
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
But just the Word? And what is it that is begotten of Him, but just the Spirit,
The scribes asserted that only God could forgive sins, yet Jesus not only forgave sins, but showed that he had also another power that belongs to God alone: the power to disclose the secrets of the heart. The Gospel of St. Matthew, Homily
Of our heretic. Now, that the very Lord Himself of all might, the Word and Spirit of the Father.
But if repentance is a thing human, its baptism must necessarily be of the same nature: else, if it had been celestial, it would have given both the Holy Spirit and remission of sins. But none either pardons sins or freely grants the Spirit save God only.