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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... unity and composition of the Holy Trin- ity , however , or of His place in the Latter . In brief , the pneumatological 2. We do not find it necessary to expound the views of the different authors , but instead refer the reader to ...
... unity and composition of the Holy Trin- ity , however , or of His place in the Latter . In brief , the pneumatological 2. We do not find it necessary to expound the views of the different authors , but instead refer the reader to ...
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... unity and indivisibility . The unity and trinity , the distinction of the Three Persons and Their equal Divinity — that is the aspect of the trinitarian dogma that religious philosophy first encounters in Christian theology . It is in ...
... unity and indivisibility . The unity and trinity , the distinction of the Three Persons and Their equal Divinity — that is the aspect of the trinitarian dogma that religious philosophy first encounters in Christian theology . It is in ...
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... unity , as well as in the distinction of the three con- crete hypostases , must be shown not only as a divinely revealed fact , valid by virtue of its facticity , but also as a principle owing to which Divinity is not a dyad , tetrad ...
... unity , as well as in the distinction of the three con- crete hypostases , must be shown not only as a divinely revealed fact , valid by virtue of its facticity , but also as a principle owing to which Divinity is not a dyad , tetrad ...
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... unity . In these general features , Stoicism approaches the classical systems of dynamic and static hylozoism or monism — the systems of Heraclitus and Parmenides , Spinoza and perhaps Leibniz . From the religious point of view , this ...
... unity . In these general features , Stoicism approaches the classical systems of dynamic and static hylozoism or monism — the systems of Heraclitus and Parmenides , Spinoza and perhaps Leibniz . From the religious point of view , this ...
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... unity of substance , the " homoousianism " ( unius suhstantiae ) of the three hypos- tases is assured in advance ; for in essence there is no other place for all that exists except this one substance , which also possesses the ...
... unity of substance , the " homoousianism " ( unius suhstantiae ) of the three hypos- tases is assured in advance ; for in essence there is no other place for all that exists except this one substance , which also possesses the ...
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