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 5
... sense one can indeed sometimes speak of a Hellenization of Christian theology , of an excessive influence and inappropriate implantation in Christian theology of foreign elements . Such was the difficulty of the task that confronted ...
... sense one can indeed sometimes speak of a Hellenization of Christian theology , of an excessive influence and inappropriate implantation in Christian theology of foreign elements . Such was the difficulty of the task that confronted ...
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... sense of the word ( proseuche ) can be ad- dressed only to the Father . This subordinationism extends also to the relation of the Son to the Holy Spirit . All was produced through the Logos , so that the Logos is higher than the Holy ...
... sense of the word ( proseuche ) can be ad- dressed only to the Father . This subordinationism extends also to the relation of the Son to the Holy Spirit . All was produced through the Logos , so that the Logos is higher than the Holy ...
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... sense that it lacks , strictly speaking , a doctrine of the Holy Spirit Himself as the Third hypostasis in the Holy Trinity . This hypostasis has its proper place and hypostatic character in the Holy Trin- ity with regard to procession ...
... sense that it lacks , strictly speaking , a doctrine of the Holy Spirit Himself as the Third hypostasis in the Holy Trinity . This hypostasis has its proper place and hypostatic character in the Holy Trin- ity with regard to procession ...
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... sense it represents a middle , " royal way " of the Church doctrine . The achieve- ments of these " universal teachers of the Church " cannot be overstated here . Moreover , their doctrine includes , in the capacity of its presupposi ...
... sense it represents a middle , " royal way " of the Church doctrine . The achieve- ments of these " universal teachers of the Church " cannot be overstated here . Moreover , their doctrine includes , in the capacity of its presupposi ...
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... sense of the Filioque of Western Christianity or in the sense of the dia tou Huiou [ through the Son ] of Eastern Christianity . The problem of the pro- cession of the Holy Spirit only from the Father , or from the Father and the Son ...
... sense of the Filioque of Western Christianity or in the sense of the dia tou Huiou [ through the Son ] of Eastern Christianity . The problem of the pro- cession of the Holy Spirit only from the Father , or from the Father and the Son ...
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