Expositio super symbolum Nicenum
Alan of Lille (1120–1202)
A commentary on the Nicene Creed by Alan.
Prologus I: Expositio super symbolum Nicenum.
Caput I: Credo in unum Deum.
Caput II: Patrem.
Caput III: Omnipotentem.
Caput IV: Factorem caeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
Caput V: Et in unum Dominum.
Caput VI: Iesum Christum.
Caput VII: Filium Dei unigenitum.
Caput VIII: Et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula.
Caput IX: Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero.
Caput X: Genitum, non factum.
Caput XI: Consubstantialem Patri.
Caput XII: Per quem omnia facta sunt.
Caput XIII: Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de caelis.
Caput XIV: Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est.
Caput XV: Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus, et sepultus est.
Caput XVI: Et resurrexit tertia die secundum Scripturas.
Caput XVII: Et ascendit in caelum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.
Caput XVIII: Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Caput XIX: Cuius regni non erit finis.
Caput XX: Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum, et vivificantem.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and giver of life.
Behold the eighth article, which turns upon the third person in the Trinity, that is, upon the Holy Spirit, expressing those things which specially pertain to the Holy Spirit. And note that this circumlocution "Holy Spirit" is appropriated to the third person in the Trinity. He is called Holy, moreover, not only because he sanctifies by remitting sins, but because grace is increased through him.
Lord.
This is said against Arius, who called the Holy Spirit a creature of a creature.
And giver of life.
This is said against Pelagius, who said that man acts well without the grace of God. Against whom it is said, "and giver of life," because the Holy Spirit both gives life by remitting sins, and also by conferring greater things.