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 48
... origination ( the source of " being itself ” ) . If this cate- gory of " cause " is to be applied in the doctrine of trinitarian monarchy , it must receive its own special philosophical interpretation , but such an inter- pretation is ...
... origination ( the source of " being itself ” ) . If this cate- gory of " cause " is to be applied in the doctrine of trinitarian monarchy , it must receive its own special philosophical interpretation , but such an inter- pretation is ...
Page 51
... origination when it treats this problem . But outside of the problem of trinitarity the problem of the Third hypostasis as such cannot be posed in a fundamental manner . In essence , these two problems consti- tute a single problem ...
... origination when it treats this problem . But outside of the problem of trinitarity the problem of the Third hypostasis as such cannot be posed in a fundamental manner . In essence , these two problems consti- tute a single problem ...
Page 57
... origination too the primary place is given to the Father . For this theologeme of origination there is a Biblical foundation , though only in a particular dogmatic interpretation or doctrinal reworking ; and it is therefore erroneous to ...
... origination too the primary place is given to the Father . For this theologeme of origination there is a Biblical foundation , though only in a particular dogmatic interpretation or doctrinal reworking ; and it is therefore erroneous to ...
Page 58
... origination . The next step in this generalization is the conclusion that the Father is the cause ( aitia ) of the origination of the two other hypostases , and the entire Holy Trinity is interpreted as a relation of causal origination ...
... origination . The next step in this generalization is the conclusion that the Father is the cause ( aitia ) of the origination of the two other hypostases , and the entire Holy Trinity is interpreted as a relation of causal origination ...
Page 59
... origination , processiones ; and the Father in His relations to the Son and the Holy Spirit cannot be defined as a cause . In actuality , what does cause mean for us ? Empirically , it refers to a sequence of phenomena in time , and to ...
... origination , processiones ; and the Father in His relations to the Son and the Holy Spirit cannot be defined as a cause . In actuality , what does cause mean for us ? Empirically , it refers to a sequence of phenomena in time , and to ...
Contents
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75 | |
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