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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... concerning the truths of Christianity ; on the other hand , we have a direct philosophical influence . In any case , in various systems of theology we can affirm such an influence of one philosophical system or another . We must say ...
... concerning the truths of Christianity ; on the other hand , we have a direct philosophical influence . In any case , in various systems of theology we can affirm such an influence of one philosophical system or another . We must say ...
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... concerning the hypos- tases as relations . As a result of this difference in attributes , the hypostases are , on the one hand , distinguished by them , but , on the other hand , they belong to one substance , are homoousian in ...
... concerning the hypos- tases as relations . As a result of this difference in attributes , the hypostases are , on the one hand , distinguished by them , but , on the other hand , they belong to one substance , are homoousian in ...
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... concerning the three hypostases ; but this conclusion based on revelation cannot replace theo- logical development . Third , the Cappadocians also desire to constrain the Holy Trinity and theologically justify the triunity of the three ...
... concerning the three hypostases ; but this conclusion based on revelation cannot replace theo- logical development . Third , the Cappadocians also desire to constrain the Holy Trinity and theologically justify the triunity of the three ...
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... concerning the creation of the world : " In creation ... conceive the initial cause of all created things , the Father , the demiurgic cause , the Son , and the perfecting cause , the Holy Spirit . " " Conceive Three — the commanding ...
... concerning the creation of the world : " In creation ... conceive the initial cause of all created things , the Father , the demiurgic cause , the Son , and the perfecting cause , the Holy Spirit . " " Conceive Three — the commanding ...
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... opin- ion ( although not the one of the overwhelming majority , for there were thirty - six " Macedonian " bishops at the council ) and was therefore autho- rized by the Church . This confession concerning the Holy 38 Introduction.
... opin- ion ( although not the one of the overwhelming majority , for there were thirty - six " Macedonian " bishops at the council ) and was therefore autho- rized by the Church . This confession concerning the Holy 38 Introduction.
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