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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... given the mediating function of the Holy Spirit in Orthodox theology . 7. There is a highly significant and nearly unique epilogue , " The Father , " which can also serve as an introduction to the entire great trilogy . 8. In many ways ...
... given the mediating function of the Holy Spirit in Orthodox theology . 7. There is a highly significant and nearly unique epilogue , " The Father , " which can also serve as an introduction to the entire great trilogy . 8. In many ways ...
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... given to us and woe be to us if we are not in the Spirit . But we pray for and await the new gift of the universal Pentecost , a new answer to unanswerable questions , a new creative activity , a new inspiration that will transfigure ...
... given to us and woe be to us if we are not in the Spirit . But we pray for and await the new gift of the universal Pentecost , a new answer to unanswerable questions , a new creative activity , a new inspiration that will transfigure ...
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... given in the New Testament revelation , combines monotheism ( which with Old Testament exclusivity rejects all polytheism ) with the trinitarity of the persons of the Holy Trinity , who are of equal dignity and Divinity . They are equal ...
... given in the New Testament revelation , combines monotheism ( which with Old Testament exclusivity rejects all polytheism ) with the trinitarity of the persons of the Holy Trinity , who are of equal dignity and Divinity . They are equal ...
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... given an external necessity , they could have ac- cepted a dyad , just as they could have gone beyond the Trinity to some larger number . In a word , one must affirm that even the Montanist Tertullian , strictly speaking , does not have ...
... given an external necessity , they could have ac- cepted a dyad , just as they could have gone beyond the Trinity to some larger number . In a word , one must affirm that even the Montanist Tertullian , strictly speaking , does not have ...
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... given it a dogmatic formulation that , for the most part , with its strong and weak sides , is the dominant one even today in Eastern theology . Our aim in this section is to expound , suc- cinctly and accurately , the main elements of ...
... given it a dogmatic formulation that , for the most part , with its strong and weak sides , is the dominant one even today in Eastern theology . Our aim in this section is to expound , suc- cinctly and accurately , the main elements of ...
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