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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... direct act of the will , filling their hearts with resistance to God , with a " lie to the Holy Spirit " ( Acts 5 : 3 ) . That is why " blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men ... neither in this world , neither ...
... direct act of the will , filling their hearts with resistance to God , with a " lie to the Holy Spirit " ( Acts 5 : 3 ) . That is why " blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men ... neither in this world , neither ...
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... direct philosophical influence . In any case , in various systems of theology we can affirm such an influence of one philosophical system or another . We must say this especially about Platonism , which as a theory of eternal ideas , of ...
... direct philosophical influence . In any case , in various systems of theology we can affirm such an influence of one philosophical system or another . We must say this especially about Platonism , which as a theory of eternal ideas , of ...
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... direct self - knowledge of rerum divinarum , of the corporeal - spiritual substance , which , being totally suffi- cient and all - blissful , constitutes space , the world , and all things ( Adversus Praxean , ch . 5 ) ; and this ...
... direct self - knowledge of rerum divinarum , of the corporeal - spiritual substance , which , being totally suffi- cient and all - blissful , constitutes space , the world , and all things ( Adversus Praxean , ch . 5 ) ; and this ...
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... direct re- lations with creation.9 Such is also the purpose of the Holy Spirit . He and the Logos are the " ministri et arhitri " of the Father ( Adversus Praxean , ch . 12 ) ; the Father con- fers with Them and They are His agents ...
... direct re- lations with creation.9 Such is also the purpose of the Holy Spirit . He and the Logos are the " ministri et arhitri " of the Father ( Adversus Praxean , ch . 12 ) ; the Father con- fers with Them and They are His agents ...
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... direct contrast to the pantheistic monism of the Stoics . The God of Aristotle is completely transcendental to the world in His self- enclosed divine being . Arius taught that " God alone is eternal , unsorrow- ing , truthful , immortal ...
... direct contrast to the pantheistic monism of the Stoics . The God of Aristotle is completely transcendental to the world in His self- enclosed divine being . Arius taught that " God alone is eternal , unsorrow- ing , truthful , immortal ...
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