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 Western conception of the Holy Trinity , to which most Byzantine theolo- gians objected . The Filioque clause was probably devised in response to Arianism , which denied the full divinity of the Son . To the Byzantine ...
... particular Western conception of the Holy Trinity , to which most Byzantine theolo- gians objected . The Filioque clause was probably devised in response to Arianism , which denied the full divinity of the Son . To the Byzantine ...
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... particular , throughout I have replaced the KJV's " Holy Ghost " with " Holy Spirit . " Here and there in untwisting some difficult passages I have used the excellent translation into French by Constatin Andronikof : Le Paraclet ...
... particular , throughout I have replaced the KJV's " Holy Ghost " with " Holy Spirit . " Here and there in untwisting some difficult passages I have used the excellent translation into French by Constatin Andronikof : Le Paraclet ...
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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 philosophical theories or doctrines of antiquity , but re- ceives them as self - evident premises , which are imperceptibly incorpo- rated in the dogmatics . One can look at this in two ways : On the one hand , pagan ...
... particular philosophical theories or doctrines of antiquity , but re- ceives them as self - evident premises , which are imperceptibly incorpo- rated in the dogmatics . One can look at this in two ways : On the one hand , pagan ...
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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 ...
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