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32. Some, indeed, would have the following language of the apostle applied to the soul itself, as soon as it had assumed flesh from Mary, [2988] viz., "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but divested Himself (of His glory) [2989] taking upon Himself the form of a servant;" [2990] since He undoubtedly restored it to the form of God by means of better examples and training, and recalled it to that fulness of which He had divested Himself.

As now by participation in the Son of God one is adopted as a son, [2991] and by participating in that wisdom which is in God is rendered wise, so also by participation in the Holy Spirit is a man rendered holy and spiritual. For it is one and the same thing to have a share in the Holy Spirit, which is (the Spirit) of the Father and the Son, since the nature of the Trinity is one and incorporeal. And what we have said regarding the participation of the soul is to be understood of angels and heavenly powers in a similar way as of souls, because every rational creature needs a participation in the Trinity.

Respecting also the plan of this visible world--seeing one of the most important questions usually raised is as to the manner of its existence--we have spoken to the best of our ability in the preceding pages, for the sake of those who are accustomed to seek the grounds of their belief in our religion, and also for those who stir against us heretical questions, and who are accustomed to bandy about [2992] the word "matter," which they have not yet been able to understand; of which subject I now deem it necessary briefly to remind (the reader).

[2988] De Maria corpus assumsit.

[2989] Semet ipsum exinanivit.

[2990] Phil. ii. 6, 7.

[2991] In filium adoptatur.

[2992] Ventilare.
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