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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... natures but rather of two states of one metaphysical nature ? In partic- ular , we find here in Tertullian the idea of the Divine - humanity , the union of the divine and human natures , as the conformity of the proper visible image of ...
... natures but rather of two states of one metaphysical nature ? In partic- ular , we find here in Tertullian the idea of the Divine - humanity , the union of the divine and human natures , as the conformity of the proper visible image of ...
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... nature , for it considers only the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Son . This does not mean , of course , that St. Athanasius excludes in any way ( e.g. , subordinationistically ) the Holy Spirit from the Holy Trin- ity ; on the ...
... nature , for it considers only the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Son . This does not mean , of course , that St. Athanasius excludes in any way ( e.g. , subordinationistically ) the Holy Spirit from the Holy Trin- ity ; on the ...
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... nature is their fundamental dogmatic presupposition . In his po- lemic with Eunomius ( 1.1 ) , St. Basil the Great defends this unity of Divin- ity by stating that unity is contained in the very idea of substance . The ground for this ...
... nature is their fundamental dogmatic presupposition . In his po- lemic with Eunomius ( 1.1 ) , St. Basil the Great defends this unity of Divin- ity by stating that unity is contained in the very idea of substance . The ground for this ...
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... nature ? In other words , how and to what degree can homoousian consubstantiality ( which in St. Athanasius approached identical substantiality , tauto - ousia ) be realized here ? In the natural world , " hypostases " " fractionate ...
... nature ? In other words , how and to what degree can homoousian consubstantiality ( which in St. Athanasius approached identical substantiality , tauto - ousia ) be realized here ? In the natural world , " hypostases " " fractionate ...
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... nature , but only by the unity of this nature . As one , the trihypostatic Divinity is only the Divine It , not the trihypostatic / , the Di- vine triunity . This is the only part of the Cappadocian system where the doctrine of the ...
... nature , but only by the unity of this nature . As one , the trihypostatic Divinity is only the Divine It , not the trihypostatic / , the Di- vine triunity . This is the only part of the Cappadocian system where the doctrine of the ...
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