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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... whole historical epoch is convulsed by a convulsion of death . But mysteriously anointed by the Spirit in the sacra- ments , with and in the latter we await a new sacrament of life , the gift of the Comforter Who has come and Who abides ...
... whole historical epoch is convulsed by a convulsion of death . But mysteriously anointed by the Spirit in the sacra- ments , with and in the latter we await a new sacrament of life , the gift of the Comforter Who has come and Who abides ...
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... whole of Eastern ( especially Alexan- drian ) theology . Finally , we have , rooted in Aristoteleanism , the doctrine of Arius and its arianizing successors , Macedonius , Eunomius , Aetius , and others . As a reaction to ...
... whole of Eastern ( especially Alexan- drian ) theology . Finally , we have , rooted in Aristoteleanism , the doctrine of Arius and its arianizing successors , Macedonius , Eunomius , Aetius , and others . As a reaction to ...
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... whole of patristic thought , particularly that of the early period . Theology confronts here the fact that the Holy Spirit is preached in Church doctrine and manifested in the life of the Church , and that therefore He must be 14 ...
... whole of patristic thought , particularly that of the early period . Theology confronts here the fact that the Holy Spirit is preached in Church doctrine and manifested in the life of the Church , and that therefore He must be 14 ...
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... whole trinitarian problem . The further develop- ment of this problematic consisted in the fact that the formulation and discussion of the trinitarian problem involved the doctrine not of a cos- mological — or rather not only of a ...
... whole trinitarian problem . The further develop- ment of this problematic consisted in the fact that the formulation and discussion of the trinitarian problem involved the doctrine not of a cos- mological — or rather not only of a ...
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... whole possibility and image of future creatures ; and by virtue of foreknowledge , all was predes- 16. Origen also tends to equate the Wisdom of Proverbs ( Prov . 8 , 9 ) with the Son . This can be sufficiently explained by the ...
... whole possibility and image of future creatures ; and by virtue of foreknowledge , all was predes- 16. Origen also tends to equate the Wisdom of Proverbs ( Prov . 8 , 9 ) with the Son . This can be sufficiently explained by 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