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 vi
... Theology against the Latin Filioque 3. On the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit I. In the Old Testament II . In the New Testament 75 75 95 153 156 159 4. The Dyad of the Word and the Spirit I. In the Divine Sophia 177 177 II . In the ...
... Theology against the Latin Filioque 3. On the Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit I. In the Old Testament II . In the New Testament 75 75 95 153 156 159 4. The Dyad of the Word and the Spirit I. In the Divine Sophia 177 177 II . In the ...
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... Theological Institute and to occupy the Chair of Dogmatic Theology , he settled in Paris in 1925. Here , until his death in 1944 , he was to make his most fruitful and lasting contributions to Or- thodox thought . During the ...
... Theological Institute and to occupy the Chair of Dogmatic Theology , he settled in Paris in 1925. Here , until his death in 1944 , he was to make his most fruitful and lasting contributions to Or- thodox thought . During the ...
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... theology , start- ing with Vladimir Solovyov.8 Divine - humanity is rooted in the Creed of Chalcedon , which defines the dual nature of Christ , divine and human , and expresses the process whereby man cooperates with God , leading to ...
... theology , start- ing with Vladimir Solovyov.8 Divine - humanity is rooted in the Creed of Chalcedon , which defines the dual nature of Christ , divine and human , and expresses the process whereby man cooperates with God , leading to ...
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... theological speculation . What we have here is a factual attestation of the faith in the Holy Spirit through His gifts ... theology , in- sofar as it is possible to speak of one , is reducible primarily to logology : they confront the ...
... theological speculation . What we have here is a factual attestation of the faith in the Holy Spirit through His gifts ... theology , in- sofar as it is possible to speak of one , is reducible primarily to logology : they confront the ...
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... theology was left to its own powers . Moreover , it was easy to get lost in the labyrinth of pagan philosophy , in the abundance and variety of its systems . At the same time one could not do without the assistance of this pagan ...
... theology was left to its own powers . Moreover , it was easy to get lost in the labyrinth of pagan philosophy , in the abundance and variety of its systems . At the same time one could not do without the assistance of this pagan ...
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