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 vii
... tion into " an inquiry into Divine - humanity as the work of the Son and the Holy Spirit , who in their indivisible Dyad , reveal the Father . " 2 2 The Holy Spirit is often referred to as the Paraclete , in Greek : parakletos . Raymond ...
... tion into " an inquiry into Divine - humanity as the work of the Son and the Holy Spirit , who in their indivisible Dyad , reveal the Father . " 2 2 The Holy Spirit is often referred to as the Paraclete , in Greek : parakletos . Raymond ...
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... tion . tion . 4. Published by Wm . B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 2003 , in Boris Jakim's transla- 5. Published by Wm . B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 2002 , in Boris Jakim's transla- 4 The Comforter , the middle volume in the great ix ...
... tion . tion . 4. Published by Wm . B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 2003 , in Boris Jakim's transla- 5. Published by Wm . B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 2002 , in Boris Jakim's transla- 4 The Comforter , the middle volume in the great ix ...
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... tion , or misunderstanding . They could reject it only by a direct act of the will , filling their hearts with resistance to God , with a " lie to the Holy Spirit " ( Acts 5 : 3 ) . That is why " blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall ...
... tion , or misunderstanding . They could reject it only by a direct act of the will , filling their hearts with resistance to God , with a " lie to the Holy Spirit " ( Acts 5 : 3 ) . That is why " blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall ...
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... tion of the Holy Trinity , with a decisive rejection of Its immanent , eternal being , nor his subordinationism , with a sharp departure from the equi- divinity of the three hypostases , can be recognized as satisfying the de- mands of ...
... tion of the Holy Trinity , with a decisive rejection of Its immanent , eternal being , nor his subordinationism , with a sharp departure from the equi- divinity of the three hypostases , can be recognized as satisfying the de- mands of ...
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... tion of the Aristotelean doctrine of God , leads to a theological absurdity : the trinitarian dogma is abolished and replaced by a blatant unitarianism , and even one that is disfigured by a dogmatic addition , the doctrine of a ...
... tion of the Aristotelean doctrine of God , leads to a theological absurdity : the trinitarian dogma is abolished and replaced by a blatant unitarianism , and even one that is disfigured by a dogmatic addition , the doctrine of a ...
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