bd:"I thought Jesus was the “Life”?"
Interesting. Of course the Creed says:
"Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, τὸ κύριον, τὸ ζωοποιόν,..."
"And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life...."
Earlier, the Creed also says of Christ:
"τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σαρκωθέντα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα,..."
"who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man"
So the HS is the divine "source" of the incarnate Christ as well as the Lord, the Giver of Life" for everything and everyone else.
“And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life....”
This is what I was referring to since I was speaking of the “session” of Christ.
John 10:27-28, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”