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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... problem of the Logos , in both its divine and cosmic aspects . Their natural task was to justify their faith , defending it against accusations of polytheism ( or at least ditheism ) and also revealing the power of the Logos in the ...
... problem of the Logos , in both its divine and cosmic aspects . Their natural task was to justify their faith , defending it against accusations of polytheism ( or at least ditheism ) and also revealing the power of the Logos in the ...
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... problem ; it does not even pose it for later centuries , starting with the third . 3. The Patristic Age in Pneumatology The third century was destined , if not to resolve , at least to pose in all its breadth the trinitarian problem and ...
... problem ; it does not even pose it for later centuries , starting with the third . 3. The Patristic Age in Pneumatology The third century was destined , if not to resolve , at least to pose in all its breadth the trinitarian problem and ...
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... problems were approached or posed , which was what determined the paths thought was to take . As a rule , Christian theology does not introduce into its construc- tions particular philosophical theories or doctrines of antiquity , but ...
... problems were approached or posed , which was what determined the paths thought was to take . As a rule , Christian theology does not introduce into its construc- tions particular philosophical theories or doctrines of antiquity , but ...
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... problem ( and the related pneumatological problem ) includes several separate but intimately connected problems . The first of these is the problem of divine triunity . The trinitarian dogma , as it is given in the New Testament ...
... problem ( and the related pneumatological problem ) includes several separate but intimately connected problems . The first of these is the problem of divine triunity . The trinitarian dogma , as it is given in the New Testament ...
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... problem of their proper place in the Trinity and the significance of this place for each of them . In particular , in pneumatology the general doctrine of Trinity includes and is complicated by the special problematic of the Third ...
... problem of their proper place in the Trinity and the significance of this place for each of them . In particular , in pneumatology the general doctrine of Trinity includes and is complicated by the special problematic of the Third ...
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