No sin; Spirit own to the Word; receives as firstfruits, baptizes as God

And he was justified in spirit; for our Lord Jesus Christ did not do sin. And he was also seen by angels, who, not ignorant of his human birth, were saying: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among humans.” And he was also preached among nations, and that he is in truth Son of God and Father and has appeared in flesh is believed by those in the world.

“And John testified saying: I have watched the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him… this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit… this is the Son of God.” Saying Emmanuel is one, and not enduring those who split into two Christs — what then shall we say, the Holy Spirit having flown down on him from heaven? Shall we suspect that the Word from God the Father has needed to share in the Holy Spirit? And yet how is it not utterly shameful truly to think thus? For the Spirit is his own, just as it is also the Father’s… So it is impious even only to suspect that the Word from God the Father himself has needed participation in the Spirit. How then did the Spirit fly down on him? For he receives in a human way… For he receives not rather for himself, but for us… having descended on him as on a firstfruit of the second race, so that it may settle and rest again in us… Yet even if he receives in a human way for us, see him giving in a divine way: “for on whomever you see the Spirit descending… this is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.” And this is a divine operation; for our Lord Jesus Christ puts the Father’s Spirit into those baptized as his own Spirit.