What is the connection between the hand of the Almighty and the hand of a human being?

St. Augustine strongly refuted any doubts that the Holy Spirit is gifted by an apostle or a bishop and said that this thought is foreign to the Church since the laying of hands in chrismation, the water in baptism, and the laying of hands in priests’ ordinations are all

1397 St. Ephrem the Syrian, Enchir. Patr . 712.

1398 St. Ephrem the Syrian, Faith Teaching 5. 1399 PG 39:717B.

1400 St. Ambrose of Milan, The Sacraments 6.2.7 (FOTC 44:320).

1401 St. Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries 7.42 (FOTC 44:20).

1402 St. Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries 7.42 (FOTC 44:20).

1403 St. Ambrose of Milan, The Sacraments 3.2.8 (FOTC 44:293). 1404 PG 61:418. 1405 PG 36:364; 36.377A.

apparent signs that are accompanied with prayers for the person to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit from God and not from any human being.