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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Page 7
... establish two funda- mental aspects of the dogma : on the one hand , the concrete triunity of Divinity , where the latter , being the triune absolute subject , 6 includes three subjects of equal divinity but distinct personhood ; and on ...
... establish two funda- mental aspects of the dogma : on the one hand , the concrete triunity of Divinity , where the latter , being the triune absolute subject , 6 includes three subjects of equal divinity but distinct personhood ; and on ...
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... established by a particular character of a thing thanks to which hypostasis arises in ousia . Both animate and inanimate objects can be subsumed under this concept of hypostasis : a rock , an animal , a human being , an angel , God . In ...
... established by a particular character of a thing thanks to which hypostasis arises in ousia . Both animate and inanimate objects can be subsumed under this concept of hypostasis : a rock , an animal , a human being , an angel , God . In ...
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... establishing the unity of God's essence in the three hypostases and their consubstantiality.26 Within the limits of Aristotelean categories , within which the Cappado- cians confined their theology , there truly is no place for Divine ...
... establishing the unity of God's essence in the three hypostases and their consubstantiality.26 Within the limits of Aristotelean categories , within which the Cappado- cians confined their theology , there truly is no place for Divine ...
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... establish the personal character of hypostatic being . Nevertheless , it does achieve another goal that the Cappadocians pursue in their problematic : it divides Divinity into three , making it trihypostatic . This division into three ...
... establish the personal character of hypostatic being . Nevertheless , it does achieve another goal that the Cappadocians pursue in their problematic : it divides Divinity into three , making it trihypostatic . This division into three ...
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... established the classic doctrine of the Holy Trinity , which can be accepted as the norm of the Church teaching : It is free of non - orthodox deviations toward monarchianism , and toward sub- ordinationism , both ontological and ...
... established the classic doctrine of the Holy Trinity , which can be accepted as the norm of the Church teaching : It is free of non - orthodox deviations toward monarchianism , and toward sub- ordinationism , both ontological and ...
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