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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Irenaeus
For the breath of life, which also rendered man an animated being, is one thing, and the vivifying Spirit another, which also caused him to become spiritual. And for this reason Isaiah said, "Thus saith the Lord, who made heaven and established it, who founded the earth and the things therein, and gave breath to the people upon it, and Spirit to those walking upon it;" thus telling us that breath is indeed given in common to all people upon earth, but that the Spirit is theirs alone who tread down earthly desires. …
Cosmas Indicopleustes
Isaiah again says: Thus saith the Lord, he that made the heaven and pitched it; and the Apostle in like manner says: Of the true Tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. They both speak of the heaven as standing on and fixed on the earth, and not as revolving round it.
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
The Son is both sent and given, and the Spirit also is both sent and given; they have assuredly a oneness of Godhead who have a oneness of action.
Jerome
Thus says the Lord God: He who creates the heavens and stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it. It was uncertain who has said before: Behold my servant, I will take him: my chosen, my soul has pleased him. I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. After the condemnation of idols, a sudden speech had burst forth. …
Thomas Aquinas
821. Thus says the Lord God. Here he foretells the sending. And first, he sets out the power of the one who sends as to the creation of heavenly things: that created the heavens; as to the disposition of earthly things: that established the earth; as to the animation of living things: that gives breath, of natural life, and spirit, freely: the Lord, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundations of the earth, and forms the spirit of man in him (Zech 12:1).
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