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 16
... True , this creation , in contrast to all other cre- ations , is perfect ; it is intended to become the instrument of the creation 10. See my book Agnets Bozhii ( The Lamb of God ) . [ The Lamb of God is volume one of the trilogy On ...
... True , this creation , in contrast to all other cre- ations , is perfect ; it is intended to become the instrument of the creation 10. See my book Agnets Bozhii ( The Lamb of God ) . [ The Lamb of God is volume one of the trilogy On ...
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... true founder of Eastern patristic theol- ogy , bears distinct traces of the influence of Neoplatonism . His fundamen- tal work On First Principles ( De Principiis ) appeared before Plotinus ' Enneads , and Plotinus lived after him ...
... true founder of Eastern patristic theol- ogy , bears distinct traces of the influence of Neoplatonism . His fundamen- tal work On First Principles ( De Principiis ) appeared before Plotinus ' Enneads , and Plotinus lived after him ...
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... true God is capable of accomplishing the full restitution and deification of man . The development of this soteriological and christological doctrine is possible , evidently , only on the basis of homoousianism , i.e. , the ...
... true God is capable of accomplishing the full restitution and deification of man . The development of this soteriological and christological doctrine is possible , evidently , only on the basis of homoousianism , i.e. , the ...
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... true radiance ; and because of the Father's love for humanity , the Logos descends to help creatures " ( Contra Arianos 2.24 ) . The Logos is the creative principle that contains all the prin- ciples of being , and there is nothing in ...
... true radiance ; and because of the Father's love for humanity , the Logos descends to help creatures " ( Contra Arianos 2.24 ) . The Logos is the creative principle that contains all the prin- ciples of being , and there is nothing in ...
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... True , this trinitarity is motivated for the Cappadocians by the three hypostatic properties taken from revelation . Having begun their on- tological deduction of trinitarity on the basis of Aristotle , they conclude it on the basis of ...
... True , this trinitarity is motivated for the Cappadocians by the three hypostatic properties taken from revelation . Having begun their on- tological deduction of trinitarity on the basis of Aristotle , they conclude it on the basis 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