Dual Processions of the Holy Spirit: Development of a Theological Tradition

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Nodes
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Principal Difference ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Back Door ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Trinity

The theology of the Holy Spirit waited through the early Christian centuries until the main doctrines regarding the Trinity and the person of Christ had been forged. Even then pneumatology was introduced ‘by the back door’, in Theodore Campbell's phrase, that of how the Son was placed in the Father, Son and Spirit confession. While prayers to the Spirit were not lacking in the earliest liturgies, still, at Nicea the doctrine ‘had been disposed of in lapidary brevity’, as Jaroslav Pelikan has described the credal line, ‘and we believe in the Holy Spirit’. ‘Nor does there seem to have been a single treatise dealing specifically with the person of the Spirit composed before the second half of the fourth century’. After Nicea, however, controversy concerning the Spirit erupted ‘with a vengeance’, producing the same kind of energy that had accompanied the Christological debates. Pneumatomachi, Tropici, and Macedonians, though losers in the fight for orthodox doctrine on the Spirit's nature, had mounted formidable campaigns, as Arians had done over the relationship of Christ to the Father. But disagreement over the Spirit had an even greater impact than Arian opposition in that the filioque remains a principal difference between the Catholic and Orthodox, and now Catholic and Anglican, creeds.

John Zizioulas

2018 ◽  
pp. 466-486
Author(s):  
Paul McPartlan
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Further Development ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity

The chapter explores three deeply interlinked aspects of John Zizioulas’s highly influential ecclesiology: the relationship between the church and the Trinity; the relationship between the church and the Eucharist; and finally the consequences of those relationships for the structure of the church. The church is a communion through its participation in the life of the Trinity. In Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit, it receives and re-receives the gift of communion in every Eucharist, and communion has a shape that reflects the life of God. The Trinity is centred on the Father, and so in the church at various levels the communion of the many is centred on one who is the head. This is the purely theological reason why the synodality of the church requires primacy at the local, regional, and universal levels. The chapter concludes that, while prompting many questions and needing further development, Zizioulas’s proposal has great ecumenical value.

Pentecostal Worship and Hermeneutics: Engagement with the Spirit

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-124
Author(s):  
R. Jerome Boone
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
Faith Tradition ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Book Of Acts ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

This article focuses on two key aspects of the Pentecostal faith tradition: worship and biblical interpretation. It illuminates distinctive differences in these two important activities of the Christian community between Pentecostals and the broader Evangelical faith tradition. It addresses the question of the relationship of the book of Acts narrative to a contemporary model for a normative ministry of the church. Pentecostals and Evangelicals recognize the importance of the work of the Holy Spirit in both worship and hermeneutics. Yet, they differ in how they expect the Spirit to engage with members of the Christian community in worship and biblical interpretation. The differences define, in part, the distinctive identity of the Pentecostal faith tradition.

scholarly journals DOA PUASA DI ANTARA KEPEMIMPINAN PENGGEMBALAAN, ROH KUDUS, DAN PERTUMBUHAN GEREJA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Sewie Elia Huang
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice ◽  
The Church

Abstract Fasting prayer has a very significant role for the growth of faith and congregation in the growth of the church because fasting prayer is their intimate relationship with God. The purpose of this paper answers the question: What is meant by fasting prayer? What is the relationship between fasting prayer and the Holy Spirit? What is the relationship between fasting prayer and shepherding leadership? What is the relation of fasting prayer in the growth of the Church? The research method uses descriptive literature research. The results of the study are: (1) fasting prayer is abstaining from all physical food for other bodies describing the consequences of fasting, namely: "suffering of the soul". (2) the relationship of fasting prayer with the Holy Spirit is fasting prayer which brings clarity of the way, the voice of the spirit, so that it will be sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit to provide guidance in obtaining spiritual and material victory as well. (3) the relationship of fasting prayer with the leadership of the shepherding is a servant of God who truly is a servant of God whose life of prayer is accompanied by fasting. (4) the relation of fasting prayer in the growth of the Church is the pastoral service can help realize the need for maturity and encourage growth in spirituality.AbstrakDoa puasa mempunyai peran yang sangatlah signifikan bagi pertumbuhan iman dan jemaatnya dalam pertumbuhan gereja karena doa puasa merupakan hubungan intim mereka dengan Allah. Tujuan penulisan ini menjawab pertanyaan: Apakah yang dimaksud dengan doa puasa? Bagaimanakah relasi doa puasa dengan Roh Kudus? Bagaimanakah relasi doa puasa dengan kepemimpinan pengembalaan? Bagaimanakah relasi doa puasa dalam pertumbuhan Gereja? Metode penelitian menggunakan penelitian deskriptif literature. Hasil penelitian adalah: (1) doa puasa adalah berpantang dengan semua makanan jasmani untuk tubuh yang lain menggambarkan akibat berpuasa, yaitu: “penderitaan jiwa”. (2) relasi doa puasa dengan Roh Kudus adalah doa puasa mendatangkan kejernihan jalan, akan suara roh, sehingga akan peka dengan suara Roh Kudus untuk memberikan bimbingan memperoleh kemenangan rohani dan materi juga. (3) relasi doa puasa dengan kepemimpinan pengembalaan adalah seorang hamba Tuhan yang sungguh sungguh adalah hamba Tuhan yang hidup doanya disertai puasa. (4) relasi doa puasa dalam pertumbuhan Gereja adalah pelayanan penggembalaan dapat menolong menyadari kebutuhan akan kedewasaan dan mendorong bertumbuh dalam kerohanian.

C. S. Lewis, Augustine, and the Rhythm of the Trinity

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-22
Author(s):  
Charles Stanley Ross
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Direct Reading ◽  
Lewis Bases ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Third Person ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Third Person ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Father And Son

Although C. S. Lewis was reticent about holding himself up as an expert in theology, in Mere Christianity he explains the relationship between the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit in a characteristically metaphorical and lucid way. Lewis bases his theology on a direct reading of a passage in Augustine’s De civitate Dei to which he added the explanatory metaphor of the ‘dance’—an image scholars have begun to notice in his fiction—to bring alive to his readers the ‘spirit’ of love between the Father and Son that, as Augustine said, became the third person of the Trinity

scholarly journals As duas mãos do Pai no coração da terra mater

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (303) ◽  
pp. 557-575
Author(s):  
Aparecida Maria de Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Cosmic Evolution ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Trinity

Síntese: O artigo trabalha, à luz dos escritos de Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), uma possível articulação entre cristologia-pneumatologia e, consequentemente, uma aproximação ao mistério trinitário em sua interpretação mística da evolução cósmica. Indagamos: como compreender a articulação entre Cristo e o Espírito na cosmovisão teilhardiana? No bojo dessa reflexão é possível constatar a revelação de Deus como Trindade? Tendo em vista os objetos de nossa investigação, segue-se um percurso que tem início com o relato da concepção da presença universal de Cristo no cosmo e nossa visão acerca do movimento do Espírito Santo no coração da “Terra Mater”. Em seguida, apresentamos uma perspectiva da dinâmica trinitária no universo evolutivo. Ensejamos, enfim, encontrar intuições que brotam da pesquisa para um estilo de vida segundo o Espírito e seus desdobramentos em um contexto secularizado.Palavras-chave: Cristologia. Pneumatologia. Trindade. Cosmovisão teilhardiana.Abstract: This article examines, in the light of the writings of Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), a possible Christological and pneumatological articulation and, consequently, the Mystery of the Trinity approach in his mystical interpretation of cosmic evolution. We asks: how to understand the relationship between Christ and the Spirit in Teilhardian worldview? At the centre this reflection it is possible to see God’s revelation as Trinity? In the center of our investigation, we follow the course which starts with a brief account of the universal presence of Christ in the cosmos and our vision of the movement of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the “Terra Mater”. In the following, we present an overview of the trinitarian dynamic in the evolutionary universe. Finally, we suggest some intuitions which arise in the research, to bring up a way to live according to the Spirit and its consequences in a secularized society.Keywords: Christology. Pneumatology. Trinity. Teilhardian Worldview.

scholarly journals An African Interpretation of Paul’s Understanding of The Holy Spirit

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (32) ◽  
pp. 426
Author(s):  
David T. Ejenobo
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Critical Method ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Doctrine Of The Trinity ◽  
God The Father ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Trinity

The doctrine of the trinity has generated a lot of controversies down the centuries among New Testament scholars. The problem generated by scholars to dissect the Personhood of God has resulted in various shades of interpretations on the relationship between God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It is against this background that this paper seeks to examine Paul’s understanding of the Holy Spirit viewed against the backdrop of the doctrine of the Trinity. This study adopted the textual critical method to examine the various nuances of Paul’s allusion to the Holy Spirit with a view to situating them within a proper understanding of the concept of the trinity. The author discovered that for Paul there is no personality distinction between God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, since man encounters these “persons” in the spiritual realm. Applying the hermeneutical method of contextual interpretation, the author is of the opinion that for the African, conceptualizing God within the realm of the Spirithood of God would be a more practical way of describing the activities of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit than the Western conceptualization of the Three Persons in on Godhead.

scholarly journals HOLY TRINITY AND THE ARIAN CONTROVERSY

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Arigala Jessie Smiles ◽  
Potana Venkateswara Rao
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Doctrine Of The Trinity ◽  
God The Father ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Arian Controversy

Although early Christian theologians speculated in many ways on the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, no one clearly and fully asserted the doctrine of the Trinity until around the end of the so-called Arian Controversy during the 4th century. Arius taught that God the Father and the Son of God did not always exist together eternally. In this context this research article attempts to review the evolution of the concept of Holy Trinity and the Arian Controversy, understand the main differences between Homoousian and Homoiousian arguments with an aim to help the reader understand the divinity of God the Jesus Christ and his co-eternal and co-equal position along with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.

scholarly journals N. F. S. Grundtvigs syn på forholdet mellem skabelse, åbenbaring og nærværelse belyst ved en sammenligning med Jürgen Moltmann

2002 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-120
Author(s):  
Betina Hjorth Præstegaard
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Concept Of God ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Protestant Theologian ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theological Task ◽  
The Trinity

N. F. S. Grundtvigs syn på skabelse, åbenbaring og nærværelse belyst ved en sammenligning med Jürgen Moltmann [N. F. S. Grundtvig's views upon creation, revelation and presence in the light of a comparison with J. M. ]Af Betina HjorthIn this article N. F. S. Grundtvig is compared with the living German protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann and Grundtvig’s continuous and actual ecumenical relevance is emphasized.Unlike most Western theologians both Grundtvig and Moltmann show an interest in the trinitarian and liturgical tradition of the Orthodox Church. Instead of the typical western focus on the revelation of Christ and the difference between revelation and history, Grundtvig and Moltmann as well as most Orthodox theologians focus on the Trinity and the nearness of God in everyday life.Because of their ontological concept of theology, which is related to Grundtvig’s and Moltmann’s desire to avoid the western distinction between Gott and sich and Gott für mich, they both stress the investigation of the relationship between the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit as the most important theological task. God is recognized as an open and integral fellowship of three divine persons - that is as love instead of as a transcendent subject. Most interesting is their analysis of the Holy Spirit whom they, in contrast to the western filolioque-tmdition, conceive as a person equal to the Father and the Son. In the first part of the article the similarities between Grundtvig and Moltmann are described by means of the old Orthodox concept of Perichoresis.Even though there are many similarities between the two theologians a more specific analysis of their literature on the Eucharist also reveals many differences between them. While Grundtvig’s theology is inspired by Luther, Moltmann shows what trinitarian and Orthodox theology looks like in a Calvinistic context. Furthermore the second part of the article describes how the inter-subjective concept of God as a fellowship causes a new social concept of theology: Theology is no longer a private reflection but a social experience - taking place in a historical (Moltmann) or liturgical and doxological (Grundtvig) context.Finally the article contains a discussion on strengths and weaknesses of the two theologians. Although the analysis shows that especially Grundtvig’s concept of the Trinity makes God living and present, both theologians offer a fruitful new understanding of theology which makes it possible to avoid the common distinction between theologia prima and theologia secunda. If one believes that Christianity is relevant in everyday life outside the university, the distinction should be avoided (though not completely eliminated).

Pneumatological Perspectives for A Theology of Nature: The Holy Spirit in Relation to Ecology and Technology

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Gabriel
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Technological Culture ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractHow does the relationship of the Holy Spirit to creation guide theology of nature? This paper will propose that, on a cosmological level, the Spirit, as the ‘Giver of Life’, produces kinship among creatures, that the Spirit suffers with creation’s suffering and as his perfecting work is frustrated, and that the Spirit gifts certain aspects of technological culture. The presence of the Spirit in nature causes us to respect nature, nevertheless, the Spirit may guide people to shape nature in ways that are consonant with the Spirit’s life-giving work.

scholarly journals The Holy Spirit and the Early Church: Doctrine & Confession

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Van Oort
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Church Doctrine

This article firstly investigates in what way various main theological figures in the first centuries of the Christian era spoke about the Trinity and thus, also, about the Holy Spirit. Secondly, it investigates how the formulas of Early Christian confessions of faith developed into their mature and final forms. Such (baptismal) confessions often reveal trinitarian expressions and explicit wordings about the Holy Spirit.

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