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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... Third Hypostasis in the Holy Trinity I. Trinitarity and the Third Hypostasis 833 53 II . The Taxis or Order of the Hypostases in the Holy Trinity 68 2. The Procession of the Holy Spirit I. The First V.
... Third Hypostasis in the Holy Trinity I. Trinitarity and the Third Hypostasis 833 53 II . The Taxis or Order of the Hypostases in the Holy Trinity 68 2. The Procession of the Holy Spirit I. The First V.
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... Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit , not as a gift of the Spirit of God , but as a Divine Person of the Holy Trinity , is expressed by words of fire in the Gospel . Christ Himself announced " another Com- forter " ( John 14:16 ) , Whom ...
... Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit , not as a gift of the Spirit of God , but as a Divine Person of the Holy Trinity , is expressed by words of fire in the Gospel . Christ Himself announced " another Com- forter " ( John 14:16 ) , Whom ...
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... Third hypostasis , as well as Its gifts , has a factual character that it is sufficient to affirm without dogmatically interpreting . And this is indeed what we find in the early Christian writings . The latter reflect a period of ...
... Third hypostasis , as well as Its gifts , has a factual character that it is sufficient to affirm without dogmatically interpreting . And this is indeed what we find in the early Christian writings . The latter reflect a period of ...
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... Third hypostasis . The dogma of the Holy Trinity arose , then , before theological thought as an extremely difficult speculative problem which surpassed all the accomplishments of religion and philosophy up to that time . It even ...
... Third hypostasis . The dogma of the Holy Trinity arose , then , before theological thought as an extremely difficult speculative problem which surpassed all the accomplishments of religion and philosophy up to that time . It even ...
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... Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit . In concrete , trinitarian theology is patrology , Christology , and pneumatology , all three . For these concrete aspects of the trinitarian doc- trine there are no data or analogies in pagan ...
... Third hypostasis , the Holy Spirit . In concrete , trinitarian theology is patrology , Christology , and pneumatology , all three . For these concrete aspects of the trinitarian doc- trine there are no data or analogies in pagan ...
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