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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... particular , of the Per- son of the Holy Spirit , is presented in the New Testament as an unshak- able dogma of the faith , which it is impossible to deny or diminish by re- interpretation ; and it has always been accepted as such by ...
... particular , of the Per- son of the Holy Spirit , is presented in the New Testament as an unshak- able dogma of the faith , which it is impossible to deny or diminish by re- interpretation ; and it has always been accepted as such by ...
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... particular , as one of its elements , the pneumatological problem , which concer ncerns not only the role of the Holy Spirit in the creation and in the Divine Providence , but also what He is in Himself , and in the Holy Trinity , as ...
... particular , as one of its elements , the pneumatological problem , which concer ncerns not only the role of the Holy Spirit in the creation and in the Divine Providence , but also what He is in Himself , and in the Holy Trinity , as ...
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... particular , in pneumatology the general doctrine of Trinity includes and is complicated by the special problematic of the Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit . In concrete , trinitarian theology is patrology , Christology , and ...
... particular , in pneumatology the general doctrine of Trinity includes and is complicated by the special problematic of the Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit . In concrete , trinitarian theology is patrology , Christology , and ...
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... particular , in pneumatology . If the entire Holy Trinity receives a subordinationistic interpretation , it becomes clear that , in par- ticular , the Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit , is understood as the third and last according to ...
... particular , in pneumatology . If the entire Holy Trinity receives a subordinationistic interpretation , it becomes clear that , in par- ticular , the Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit , is understood as the third and last according to ...
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... particular , the Holy Trinity . God is an anthropomorphic spirit . Tertullian's anthropomorphism has as much a Christian origin ( the idea of the image of God in man ) as a Stoic one ( religious immanentism ) . Owing to religious ...
... particular , the Holy Trinity . God is an anthropomorphic spirit . Tertullian's anthropomorphism has as much a Christian origin ( the idea of the image of God in man ) as a Stoic one ( religious immanentism ) . Owing to religious ...
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