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Turtulian says this. Not that in the waters we obtain the Holy Spirit,

but in the water, under the witness of the angel, we are cleansed and prepared for the Holy Spirit.

For if in the mouth of three witnesses every word shall stand, well, through the benediction, we have the same three as witnesses of our

faith, whom we have assurities of our salvation too. How much more does the number of the divine

name suffice for the assurance of our hope likewise? Moreover, after the pledging both of the

attestation of faith and the promise of salvation under three witnesses,

there is added of necessity mention of the church. And as much as wherever there are three,

that is the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit, there is the church, which is a body of three.

I'm your host, Matthew Bates, Associate Professor of Theology at Quincy University in Illinois,

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