The ComforterSergius Bulgakov is widely considered to be the twentieth century's foremost Orthodox theologian, and his book The Comforter is an utterly comprehensive and profound study of the Holy Spirit. Encyclopedic in scope, The Comforter explores all aspects of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, as they are viewed in the Orthodox tradition and throughout church history. The book has sections on the development of the doctrine of the Spirit in early Christianity and on the development of the doctrine of procession in the patristic and later Byzantine periods. It also touches on the place of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity and explores Old and New Testament notions of the Spirit of God. A concluding chapter deals with the mystical revelation of the Holy Spirit. Made available in English through the work of Boris Jakim, today's premier translator of Russian theology and philosophy into English, Bulgakov's Comforter in this edition is a major publishing event. |
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... Second Epoch in the Doctrine of the Procession of the Holy Spirit . The Greco - Latin Polemic : Photian ( Anti - Latin ) Theology against the Latin Filioque 3. On the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit I. In the Old Testament II . In the ...
... Second Epoch in the Doctrine of the Procession of the Holy Spirit . The Greco - Latin Polemic : Photian ( Anti - Latin ) Theology against the Latin Filioque 3. On the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit I. In the Old Testament II . In the ...
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... second century fail to resolve this problem ; it does not even pose it for later centuries , starting with the third . 3. The Patristic Age in Pneumatology The third century was destined , if not to resolve , at least to pose in all its ...
... second century fail to resolve this problem ; it does not even pose it for later centuries , starting with the third . 3. The Patristic Age in Pneumatology The third century was destined , if not to resolve , at least to pose in all its ...
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... Second , and Third hypostases . Trinitarian theology includes the doc- trine of each of the Divine hypostases and their interrelation . Here , the trinity of Divinity in unity , as well as in the distinction of the three con- crete ...
... Second , and Third hypostases . Trinitarian theology includes the doc- trine of each of the Divine hypostases and their interrelation . Here , the trinity of Divinity in unity , as well as in the distinction of the three con- crete ...
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... second century and some of the systems of the third century . We also find this subordinationism in the second part of the trini- tarian problem , in prosopology , the doctrine of the separate persons or prosopa ; and also , in ...
... second century and some of the systems of the third century . We also find this subordinationism in the second part of the trini- tarian problem , in prosopology , the doctrine of the separate persons or prosopa ; and also , in ...
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... Second hypostasis , in the self - revelation of Divinity is truly essential for them ; and all of them , each in his own way , are con- vinced of this not only ecclesially and positively but also theologically ; and they in fact ...
... Second hypostasis , in the self - revelation of Divinity is truly essential for them ; and all of them , each in his own way , are con- vinced of this not only ecclesially and positively but also theologically ; and they in fact ...
Contents
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Photian AntiLatin Theology against the Latin Filioque | 95 |
On the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit | 153 |
I In the Old Testament | 156 |
II In the New Testament | 159 |
The Dyad of the Word and the Spirit | 177 |
The Revelation of the Holy Spirit | 219 |
II Divine Inspiration in the Old Testament | 227 |
III Divine Inspiration in Christ | 244 |
IV The Pentecost | 267 |
V The Gifts of the Pentecost | 285 |
The Father | 359 |
Index | 395 |
II In the Creaturely Sophia | 189 |
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abides Absolute accomplished according action apostle Athanasius attests beauty becomes bestowed Cappadocians causality character Christ Christian Church connection consubstantiality course creation creative creaturely Sophia Creed definition descent Divine Incarnation divine inspiration Divine Sophia Divine-humanity doctrine dogmatic dogmatic definition Dyad dyadic eros essence eternal exist expressed fact Father Filioque gift glory God-Man God's grace Gregory the Theologian hath heaven Holy Spirit Holy Trinity homoousianism human idea interrelation Jesus John of Damascus kenosis latter logology Logos Lord manifested Mark of Ephesus monasticism mystery nature Neoplatonism Old Testament ontological origination ousia pagan particular path patristic Pentecost Photius pneumatology polemic prayer precisely principle problem procession prophecy prophets question received reference relation reposing revelation self-revelation sending sense sent significance speak spirit-bearing subordinationism texts theologians theology ther things Third hypostasis thou three hypostases tion transcendent trihypostatic trinitarian trinitarity truth union unity unto Word