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 10
... definition , which is ontologi- cally preceded by substantial pre - hypostatic and extra - hypostatic being ... definitions ; on the other we have the concrete trihypostatizedness of Divinity . On the one side we have the doctrine of the ...
... definition , which is ontologi- cally preceded by substantial pre - hypostatic and extra - hypostatic being ... definitions ; on the other we have the concrete trihypostatizedness of Divinity . On the one side we have the doctrine of the ...
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... define the relations between the Absolute and the world . Here one must keep in mind the fact that the creation of the world is by no means a necessity for the Absolute Itself in Its self - revelation . Creation is ( and here we see a ...
... define the relations between the Absolute and the world . Here one must keep in mind the fact that the creation of the world is by no means a necessity for the Absolute Itself in Its self - revelation . Creation is ( and here we see a ...
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... define the hypostatic proper- ties as well as the interrelationships of the hypostases . In general , the Father takes on the features of 18 Introduction IV. Ontological Subordinationism in Origen's Doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
... define the hypostatic proper- ties as well as the interrelationships of the hypostases . In general , the Father takes on the features of 18 Introduction IV. Ontological Subordinationism in Origen's Doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
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... definition . This feature is more fully disclosed in the definition of the relation between the Father and the Son : " Let us try to imagine the power of God ( virtus Dei ) which constitutes the founda- tions of God's being . . . . Out ...
... definition . This feature is more fully disclosed in the definition of the relation between the Father and the Son : " Let us try to imagine the power of God ( virtus Dei ) which constitutes the founda- tions of God's being . . . . Out ...
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... definition of the Divine First Principle , the Father , as a simple , blessed , and unfath- omable substance , surpassing all definition . The only thing that can be said about Him is that He is . The " one principle " of Divinity is ...
... definition of the Divine First Principle , the Father , as a simple , blessed , and unfath- omable substance , surpassing all definition . The only thing that can be said about Him is that He is . The " one principle " of Divinity is ...
Contents
The Place of the Third Hypostasis in the Holy Trinity | 53 |
II The Taxis or Order of the Hypostases in the Holy Trinity | 68 |
The Procession of the Holy Spirit | 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 |
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