Timeline for According to Trinitarians, can the personhood of the Holy Spirit be confirmed through personal experience?
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| Dec 3, 2021 at 19:26 | comment | added | user50422 | @jaredad7 - I'm not, but you are probably right, answers should indicate the denominational vantage point they defend. | |
| Dec 3, 2021 at 17:16 | comment | added | jaredad7 | I'm not sure what this question is asking. There are tens of thousands of individual trinitarian denominations, and hundreds of millions of trinitarian believers. It is virtually a statistical guarantee that someone somewhere holds this view, and it seems likely some denomination does. This view also seems like the sort of thing not excluded by the deposit of faith held by apostolic churches (ie it can probably be believed as a matter of theological opinion). Are you asking which denominations hold this view explicitly? | |
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| Oct 28, 2021 at 10:24 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | @Spirit Some do, some don't. | |
| Oct 28, 2021 at 10:13 | comment | added | user50422 | @curiousdannii - do Trinitarians believe in modern special revelations? | |
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| Oct 2, 2021 at 12:29 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | Many Trinitarians would witness to their experience of the Spirit in their lives. I'm not sure that experience could distinguish the distinct personhood of the Spirit as compared to, for example, a modalist view of God. We need special revelation to know God in that way. | |
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| Oct 2, 2021 at 8:13 | comment | added | Nigel J | @SpiritRealmInvestigator Yes, I am aware of the presence of the Spirit. And (lamentably) aware of His absences also. But I am 70 years old and experienced in these matters. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 8:08 | comment | added | user50422 | @curiousdannii - then you should read Nigel's comments above :-) | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 8:05 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | @SpiritRealmInvestigator I've never heard any Protestants even think of things in this way. I doubt any would give an answer to your questions like this, because it's just not what Protestantism is about. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 8:00 | comment | added | user50422 | @NigelJ - I see. So your answer to the question is 'Yes, the personhood of the Holy Spirit can be experientially verified (by a mature Christian)'. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 7:56 | comment | added | Nigel J | @SpiritRealmInvestigator Well, that's the point. Either you have experienced these things (as a mature Christian) or you have not. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 7:55 | comment | added | user50422 |
@curiousdannii - Protestantism doesn't privilege experiential knowledge over revealed scriptural knowledge. This whole enterprise feels very misguided to a Protestant like me. What about experiential knowledge that validates a particular interpretation of revealed scriptural knowledge? Isn't the Christian life much more than just having a philosophical position or an intellectual exercise?
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| Oct 2, 2021 at 7:47 | comment | added | user50422 | @Geremia - by 'Revelation' do you mean the Book of Revelation? If so, what does that have to do with my question at all? If instead you mean revelation (lowercase), then non-Trinitarians could say that the Bible reveals that the Holy Spirit is just some kind of impersonal spiritual energy or force from God, not a separate being with personhood of its own. See christianity.stackexchange.com/q/82813/50422. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 7:35 | comment | added | user50422 | @NigelJ - sure, but just feeling a presence does not automatically guarantee you that said presence has personhood. I can feel the presence of the sun, the wind, hot water, etc. Does that mean that the sun, the wind, etc. have personhood? In contrast, I can verify the personhood of my next-door neighbor, to a reasonable extent at least, because I can hold a two-way conversation with them and interact with them. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 7:27 | comment | added | Nigel J | John 16:13 He shall not speak of himself The Spirit is come to lead into all truth and to glorify Christ. He, himself, is experienced but that experience is not the focus of the ministration. Those who have prolonged and mature experience of these matters will know His Presence. | |
| Oct 2, 2021 at 5:51 | comment | added | curiousdannii♦ | Protestantism doesn't privilege experiential knowledge over revealed scriptural knowledge. This whole enterprise feels very misguided to a Protestant like me. | |
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| Oct 2, 2021 at 2:52 | comment | added | Geremia | Are you asking about the credibility of Revelation in general? | |
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