from heaven,1 and fell out of the true life, all because its holiness was an acquired attribute and its change a consequence of its evil desire. Accordingly, after it fell out of the aloneness and cast aside its angelic dignity, from its character it received the name of Devil,2 its former state of felicity having now been extinguished and this opposing power having been enkindled. Furthermore, if the heretic asserts that the Holy Spirit is a creature, the nature he ascribes to it is circumscribed.