John 20:22
Douay-Rheims
When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Augustine of Hippo
(iv. de Trin. c. xx) That corporeal breath was not the substance of the Holy Ghost, but to shew, by meet symbol, that the Holy Ghost proceeded not only from the Father, but the Son. For who would be so mad as to say, that it was one Spirit which He gave by breathing, and another which He sent after His ascension?
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 20:19-25
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