The Witness of God is Greater
Ambrose Autpert (d. 778 AD)
St. Ambrose Aut-pert [also known as: Ambrose Ansbert; Ambrose Authpert] . Benedictine monk and tutor of Charlemagne. An official in the court of King Pepin the Short of the Franks, Ambrose entered the Benedictine Monastery of St. Vincent in Benevento, Italy. He became the friend and tutor of Emperor Charlemagne and was known for his theological treatises and his commentaries on the lives of the saints. (continues)
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[Exposition of John's Apocalypse] 1:3
"Who is the faithful witness, the first-born from the dead, and the first among the kings of the earth." By that rule of speaking, which is premised above, the expression of faithful witness refers to the Son alone, so at the same time both the Father and the Holy Ghost give a faithful testimony of themselves, as it is written:
“There are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit and these Three are One.” (1 John 5:7) Yet it must be known that just as these Three are One, so also we learn that these testimonies are one, where the testimony of one insinuates the testimony of the other. For so the Father gives testimony of the Son, that He is life eternal, as it is written: “If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because He testified of his Son, sending Him as Saviour of the world on earth.” (1 John 5:9; 4:14) And little later: “And this is the testimony, that God has given us life eternal and this life is in the Son. Whoever has the Son, has life, whoever has not the Son, has not life.” (1 John 5:11-12) But so also the Holy Spirit says a testimony of the Son that He is truth, as it is written: “It is the Spirit who testifies that Christ is the Truth.” (1 John 5:6b)
(Ambrose Autpert, Exposition of John's Apocalypse, Liber I; Translated by Jeroen Beekuizen, correspondence, April 2020)
○ Latin: 1:3 "Qui est testis fidelis, primogenitus mortuorum, & princeps regum terae." Ea
locutionis regula, quam supra praemisimus, solus hoc loco filius testis vocatur fidelis, cum &
Pater & Spiritus sanctus simul testmonium fidele perhibeant de ipsis, sicut scriptum est:
"Tres sunt qua testimonium dant in caelo: Pater, verbum & Spiritus sanctus: & hi tres
unum sunt." [1 John 5:7] Sciendum autem, quia sicut hi tres unum sunt, sic horum
testimonium unum esse cognoscitur, quanquam alterius testmonio alter insinuetur. Nam cum
Pater perhibeat de filio, quod sit vita aeterna, sicut scriptum est: "Si testmonium hominum
accipitis, testimonium Dei maius est", [1 John 5:9a] quia testificatus est de filio suo, mittens eu
Saluatorem mundi super terram. Atque post pauca: "Et hoc est testimonium, quoniam vitam
aternam dedit nobis Deus, & hac vita in filio est. Quoi hab filium, habet vitam: qui non habet
filium, vitam non habet." [1 John 5:11-12] Sed & cum Spiritus sanctus de filio testimonium dicit
quod sir veritas, sicut scriptum est: "Spiritus est qui testificatur, quoniam Christus est veritas" [1
John 5:6b] (Ambrosii Ansberti, Expositio in Apocalypsin, Book 1, 1677, p. 415)
Codex Sangallensis 907 (700-799 AD) ...
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1 John 5:6-8
This is he that
came by water and blood, Jesus Christ:
not by water only but by water and blood
and the Spirit which testifieth that
Christ is the truth. And there are three that give
testimony: the Spirit, and the water and the blood.
And these three are one.
Since in heaven there are three
the Father Word and Spirit and these three are one.
[13] hic est qui
[14] venit per aqua & sanguinem IHS CRS
[15] Non in aqua solum sed in aqua & san-
[16] guine & SPS quia est testificatur quoniam
[17] XRS est veritas Quia tres sunt qui testimo-
[18] nium dant SPS & aqua & sanguis &
[19] tres unum sunt.
Sicut in celo tres sunt
[20]
pater verbum & SPS Et tres unum sunt.
(f. 287r, Lines 13-20, <
www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0907/287/0/Sequence-708>)