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 viii
... comes ( John 16 : 6-7 ) , and they have the consolation of one who more than makes up for Jesus ' departure.3 Although Bulgakov does discuss the activity of the Holy Spirit as Advocate , he clearly emphasizes the function of the Holy ...
... comes ( John 16 : 6-7 ) , and they have the consolation of one who more than makes up for Jesus ' departure.3 Although Bulgakov does discuss the activity of the Holy Spirit as Advocate , he clearly emphasizes the function of the Holy ...
Page xii
... come , while the Son fills the world with His Spirit . The descent of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment in man of the Image of God , which is mani- fested in the world in Christ . His descent therefore clothes man in Christ , in the ...
... come , while the Son fills the world with His Spirit . The descent of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment in man of the Image of God , which is mani- fested in the world in Christ . His descent therefore clothes man in Christ , in the ...
Page xiv
... Come and dwell within us " ( from the Eastern Orthodox prayer to the Holy Spirit ) . The creature beseeches in the extremity of sorrow ; its yearning is unbearable . The Comforter is near ; He is in the world , but not with the world ...
... Come and dwell within us " ( from the Eastern Orthodox prayer to the Holy Spirit ) . The creature beseeches in the extremity of sorrow ; its yearning is unbearable . The Comforter is near ; He is in the world , but not with the world ...
Page xv
... come and Who abides with us . And in its agony the world knows Comfort and awaits the Comforter , as God's love for the world , and it loves Love . The world loves Love in her works , in her gifts , which are the gifts of the Holy ...
... come and Who abides with us . And in its agony the world knows Comfort and awaits the Comforter , as God's love for the world , and it loves Love . The world loves Love in her works , in her gifts , which are the gifts of the Holy ...
Page xvi
... COME AND DWELL WITHIN US ! COME , LORD JESUS ! THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY , COME . AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY , COME ! ( Rev. 22:17 ) INTRODUCTION The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Patristic xvi Author's Preface.
... COME AND DWELL WITHIN US ! COME , LORD JESUS ! THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY , COME . AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY , COME ! ( Rev. 22:17 ) INTRODUCTION The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Patristic xvi Author's Preface.
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