holy-spirit
Studies defending the deity, personhood, and work of the Holy Spirit using Scripture and exegesis.
Origen’s Trinitarianism Summarized Paid Members Public
I will be quoting from Origen’s De Principiis, BOOK IV, where he states his Trinitarian views quite explicitly. Origen taught that the Trinity exists above, beyond and before all time, ages and eternity, and that only the nature of the Trinity is uncreated. All emphasis will be mine. Summary
Gregory Nazianzen: God is the Trinity Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are from St. Gregory Nazianzen’s Orations, specifically Oration 38. The readers will see how this holy servant of Christ emphatically states that by the term God he means the Trinity. All emphasis is mine. VIII. And when Infinity is considered from two points of view, beginning
TRINITY IN IRENAEUS & TERTULLIAN Paid Members Public
In this post I sum up some of the clearest testimonies to the Trinitarian beliefs of Irenaeus and Tertullian. All emphasis will be mine. IRENAEUS 9… But there is one only God, the Creator— He who is above every Principality, and Power, and Dominion, and Virtue: He is Father, He
The Holy Spirit: Jesus’ Divine Mother? Paid Members Public
In his commentary on Isaiah, St. Jerome quotes a Gospel attributed to certain Jewish sects that identified the Holy Spirit as a female and thought that the Spirit was Jesus’ mother. This Gospel also claims it was the Holy Spirit who spoke to Christ at the latter’s baptism, where
NICENE CREED 381 AD Paid Members Public
The following is taken from this post: Nicene Creed Greek Text with English translation. All emphasis will be mine. The Greek and Latin texts of the “Nicene” creed are given below with an English translation. Elsewhere on the Early Church Texts website (click here) the Latin and Greek texts below
CATECHISM, JESUS & THE ANGEL OF GOD Paid Members Public
I post a section from the Catechism of the Catholicism concerning its teaching in respect to the revelation of Christ the Word and the Holy Spirit during the Old Testament period. All emphasis will be mine. Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH” CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN
THE ANGELS WORSHIP HIM! PT. 1 Paid Members Public
My aim in this article will be to show from the first chapter of Hebrews that the angels worship Jesus as YHWH, even though he is not the Father or the Holy Spirit. The inspired writer begins by introducing God’s unique Son as being greater and more majestic than
MIDRASHIC PSALMS ON GOD’S SPIRIT Paid Members Public
The following quotations are taken from the Midrash Tehillim. These citations show that even the rabbis believed that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person who speaks as and for YHWH God, All emphasis will be mine. PSALM 5 דבר אחר אל הנחילות. זה שאמר הכתוב (משלי ח כא) להנחיל