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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... nature of Christ , divine and human , and expresses the process whereby man cooperates with God , leading to the transfiguration of humanity and fusing the entire human community into a heavenly Church without barriers between ...
... nature of Christ , divine and human , and expresses the process whereby man cooperates with God , leading to the transfiguration of humanity and fusing the entire human community into a heavenly Church without barriers between ...
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... natures but rather of two states of one metaphysical nature ? In partic- ular , we find here in Tertullian the idea of the Divine - humanity , the union of the divine and human natures , as the conformity of the proper visible image of ...
... natures but rather of two states of one metaphysical nature ? In partic- ular , we find here in Tertullian the idea of the Divine - humanity , the union of the divine and human natures , as the conformity of the proper visible image of ...
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... nature , disunited , divorced , and alien to one another are the es- sences of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit ; and they are infinitely dissimilar in all things according to their essence and glories ; at least , the Word ...
... nature , disunited , divorced , and alien to one another are the es- sences of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit ; and they are infinitely dissimilar in all things according to their essence and glories ; at least , the Word ...
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... ( just as Plotinus ' ) use of the term " hypostasis " was not distinguished by any precision , particularly in relation to phusis ( nature ) . can acknowledge only one indubitable achievement here : the problem 22 22 Introduction.
... ( just as Plotinus ' ) use of the term " hypostasis " was not distinguished by any precision , particularly in relation to phusis ( nature ) . can acknowledge only one indubitable achievement here : the problem 22 22 Introduction.
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... nature , although it is " desirable " for the Father . The most fundamental definition of the Son for St. Athanasius is that He is from the substance of the Father , or of the same substance as the Father or consubstantial with Him ...
... nature , although it is " desirable " for the Father . The most fundamental definition of the Son for St. Athanasius is that He is from the substance of the Father , or of the same substance as the Father or consubstantial with Him ...
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