RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
The scriptures in the NT were pretty specific in addressing the Holy spirit as being God, so why would they be balking at confessing this truth revealed to us by God?
The specific grammar of the early church was to say "The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." True, the Holy Spirit is God the Holy Spirit, but they weren't always clear about how that fit with the prized monarchia of the Father.