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What does it mean that the Spirit proceeds from the Father?
The Bible describes the Son as "the only begotten from the Father" (John 1:14). A child is begotten only once. Therefore, I understand "begotten" as a human analogy for how the ...
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The Holy Spirit and Revelation 14:1
Revelation 14:1 states (ESV translation):
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Now, the ...
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Do Trinitarian denominations believe that the Holy Spirit is omniscient, and do any believe denying it is worthy of expulsion of members?
What is a survey of beliefs in contemporary Trinitarian denominations regarding whether the Holy Spirit - a co-equal person of the Godhead - is omniscient? Do any hold members should be expelled if ...
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Trinity as God in Three Persons or Manifestations? [duplicate]
Where does scripture support the Holy Spirit is a Person? Where in scripture is it essential-for-salvation to claim God is in Three Persons?
How does the claim of 'God in Three Persons' reconcile the ...
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According to Trinitarians, what is the correct personal pronoun to refer to the person who is the Holy Spirit? [duplicate]
Trinitarians hold that God is One but 3 persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Referring to the Father or the Son as 'He' is pretty straightforward.
What pronoun do Trinitarians hold is ...
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Is there a specific term to denote an encounter with the Holy Spirit?
Encounters with God (the Father) are called Theophanies, encounters with Jesus are called Christophanies, but what about encounters with the Holy Spirit? Is there a specific term for an encounter with ...
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According to Trinitarians, is the Holy Spirit quenched and grieved by those who deny His personhood and Christ's deity?
According to Trinitarians, is the Holy Spirit quenched and grieved by those who deny His personhood and Christ's deity? If so, would that mean that people who do not believe in the deity of Christ and ...
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What is the earliest clear and unambiguous post-NT affirmation of the Holy Spirit's personhood in Christianity?
I have two very related questions:
What is the earliest recorded post-NT instance of a clear and unambiguous affirmation that the Holy Spirit is a Person, distinct from the Father and the Son, in the ...
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What is the biblical basis for praying to the Holy Spirit?
There is a question about praying to Jesus already, but I noticed there is no question about praying to the Holy Spirit. What is the biblical basis for praying to the third person of the trinity?
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What is the Biblical basis for the personhood of the Holy Spirit? Is it a new revelation? [duplicate]
I worship in a Pentecostal Church, where the Holy Spirit is endorsed. Whenever I hear gospels about the Holy Spirit I always hear the following that the Spirit is a Person.
Is there biblical excerpts ...
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What role does the Holy Ghost fill that the Father can't?
In trinitarian doctrine, what role does the Holy Ghost fill that the Father can't / doesn't?
My understanding is, that according to trinitarians:
The Father is a spirit
The Holy Ghost is a spirit
The ...
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According to Protestantism is the Holy Spirit a Spirit of a Spirit?
God is a Spirit as stated in the Bible. The Holy Spirit is described as the Spirit of God. Does this mean that the Holy Spirit is a Spirit of a Spirit? How does this relationship work?
I know the ...
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Do the reformed theology adherents believe that a believer should not "converse with" or "pray to" or worship the Holy Spirit?
I was in a Reformed house church and heard them making a statement of faith after the meeting. In that, they wrote that only the Father and the Son are to be worshipped and prayed to. They believed ...
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According to Roman Catholicism, what does "proceeds' mean in the Nicene Creed?
The Nicene Creed says:
We believe in one God,the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
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What is the biblical basis for the personhood of the Holy Spirit?
According to Trinitarian theology, the Holy Trinity consists of three persons (τρεῖς ὑποστάσεις), the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who share the same essence/nature (ὁμοούσιος). What is the ...
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How do the Orthodox and Catholics understand the spiration of the Holy Spirit?
The following are definition(s) of SPIRATION (source):
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a obsolete : the action of breathing as a creative or life-giving function of the Deity
b (1) : the act by or manner in which the Holy ...
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What are the mechanics of interaction with the Holy Spirit?
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John 14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all ...
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