God the Father, the Son, His Mother, and the Holy Spirit

2013 ◽  
pp. 147-160
Author(s):  
Michael French Smith
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father

Precreation Discourse and the Nicene Creed: Christianity Finds its Voice in the Roman Empire

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 334-350
Author(s):  
Vernon K. Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Virgin Mary ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father ◽  
Nicene Creed ◽  
Heaven And Earth ◽  
Christian Leaders

AbstractExploring the emergence of creedal statements in Christianity about non-time before creation, called precreation rhetorolect, this essay begins with the baptismal creed called the Roman Symbol and its expansion into the Apostles’ Creed. These early creeds contain wisdom, apocalyptic, and priestly rhetorolect, but no precreation rhetorolect. When the twelve statements in the Apostles’ Creed were expanded into the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the first three statements added precreation rhetorolect. God the Father Almighty not only creates heaven and earth, but God creates all things visible and invisible. Jesus Christ is not only God’s only Son, our Lord, but the Son is begotten from the Father before all time, Light from Light, and true God from true God. Being of the same substance as the Father, all things were made through the Son before he came down from heaven, the Son was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human. With these creedal additions, a precreation storyline became the context for a lengthy chain of argumentation about belief among fourth century Christian leaders.

PERAN NABI MUHAMMAD DAN YESUS KRISTUS DALAM SISTEM PERADILAN TUHAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-486
Author(s):  
Shohibul Adib
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Christian Belief ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Power Difference ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father

In Christian belief, God’s justice system reflects a perilous justice found in justice in the world. To realize justice in the judicial system of God then acting as a judge is Jesus Christ himself and not God the Father. This implies that in the Christian religion, the role of Jesus Christ so great occupy status as God. At the time, there is no higher authority than Jesus Christ. Who is on trial at the time was everyone from the Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and a number of other religions. The main law laid down by Jesus Christ in human judge both of Christianity and non-Christian religions is love and faith in Jesus. It is obvious, that the pressure point is the Christian perspective of love as the main reference for justice law at the time the judge of mankind. From here it would seem that the Christian belief of Jesus Christ seemed to have authority above God the Father and God the Father not only has the power difference as a symbol or symbolic. That is why the Trinity in Christianity is believed to be monotheism. God is three (God the Father, God’s son and the Holy Spirit), but three in a singularity, which is the highest authority in the justice of God in Jesus Christ monopoly. Unlike the case with the Islamic belief system that God later in the justice system that acts as a single judge. The position of Prophet Muhammad can only apply for intercession, pleading for help to God means that man who sought the intercession was forgiven by God. This means that the role of the Prophet Muhammad is no more only as a servant of God and a very long and may not be equated with God’s position. Syafa’at is not necessary for God to grant it. God may grant or deny the intercession of it.

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 An Irreproachable Dogmatics? Plotinus, Theodore Metochites and the Sixth Chapter of the Letter On Education

Scrinium ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-217
Author(s):  
Dmitry I. Makarov
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Divine Essence ◽  
John Of Damascus ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father

Abstract In the chapters 6 to 9 of his On Education (ca. 1305) Theodore Metochites (ca. 1270-1332) expounded his understanding of the fundamentals of Orthodox dogmatics. Basing his Triadological views on Plotinus, he went so far as to dissociate the divine essence from the Persons. By additionally exalting God the Father as the Keeper of Providence over all the beings and God the Son as the Redeemer, our thinker assigned to the Holy Spirit only a subsidiary role in the Economy of our salvation perforce. So, it was his deliberate choice not to say even a word concerning Filioque, the psychological trauma ensuing from his father’s death being not the only reason for this omission (in addition to what Ihor Ševčenko thought). In Christology Theodore moved away from John of Damascus’ teaching on the immaculate passions of Jesus Christ’s humanity taken in its post­laparian state, but then he repeatedly quoted Gregory of Nazianzus. In doing so Metochites might have thought that Gregory had terminated “the Golden Age” of patristics. I have identified an important quote from Gregory which remained unnoticed by the editor.

scholarly journals MENGENAL PENTAKOSTALISME DI INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendarto Supatra
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Pentecostal Movement ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
God The Father

The author gives enough introduction of the development of the Pentecostal movement in the history of the Christian Church. The movement of the Pentecostalism was an unique development because the Holy Spirit is believed as the inisiator of the movement. Therefore, the Pentecostal churches really depends on the work of the Holy Spirit (without separated from the work of the work of God the Father and Jesus Christ). Furthermore, this article describes the development of the Pentacostal movement, especially in Indonesian context and observes the unique and positive things of the Pentacostalism, its doctrine and dangerous teachings, especially in Indonesian context. The author believes that Pentecostalism will be the face of Christianity in the future.

scholarly journals O vektorskom čitanju pismovnoga sustava Konstantina Ćirila

2021 ◽  
pp. 359-370
Author(s):  
Milica Lukić
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Body ◽  
Matrix Form ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father

The paper presents and interprets Constantine Cyril’s script – his Glagolitic Azbuka – from the perspective of the number, i.e. in the matrix form. The matrix interpretation implies an arrangement of letters in columns and rows, i.e. vectors, whereby vectors mean one-column matrices. Such an arrangement of ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands expressed in letters establishes new meaning relations within that script and offers its new reading as a philosophical-symbolic medium. This medium, the vectorial reading shows, demonstrates with itself the purpose of Christianisation intended for it in the 9th century, and not just with the texts realised by it; this script (even today) teaches faith in the triune Christian God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Word that has become the body and the Letter as the evangelical message and will of the Incarnate Word.

scholarly journals ROH KUDUS DALAM TRINITAS DAN KOMUNITAS UMAT TUHAN (HOLY SPIRIT IN THE TRINITY AND COMMUNITY OF GOD'S PEOPLE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Steven Tubagus ◽  
Timotius Bakti Sarono
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Personality Difference ◽  
God's People ◽  
Critical Method ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity

The doctrine of the Holy Spirit and its praxis has been controversial among God's people. This controversy has even emerged since the beginning of the church about the person and position of the Holy Spirit with God the Father and the Son. This article aims to briefly explore the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and its praxis into the community of God's people. The writing method used is a praxis systematic critical method to examine the various nuances of the argument against the Holy Spirit with the aim of placing it in a proper understanding of the trinity concept. The result of this writing is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit there is no personality difference between God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, because humans meet these "persons" in every spiritual aspect. By conceptualizing God in the realm of the Spirit of God, it will be a more practical way to describe activities in community life.   Doktrin Roh Kudus dan praksisnya telah memberikan kontroversi selama ini di antara umat Tuhan. Kontroversi ini bahkan sudah muncul mulai permulaan gereja bagaimana pribadi dan posisi Roh Kudus dengan Allah Bapa dan Putra. Artikel ini bertujuan mengeksplorasi secara singkat doktrin Roh Kudus dan praksisnya ke dalam komunitas umat Tuhan. Metode penulisan yang digunakan adalah metode kritis sistematis praksis untuk menelaah berbagai nuansa argumen terhadap Roh Kudus dengan tujuan menempatkannya dalam pemahaman yang tepat tentang konsep trinitas. Hasil dari penulisan ini adalah doktrin Roh Kudus tidak ada perbedaan kepribadian antara Allah Bapa, Anak dan Roh Kudus, karena manusia bertemu dengan “pribadi-pribadi” ini dalam setiap aspek rohani. Dengan mengkonseptualisasikan Tuhan dalam alam Roh Allah akan menjadi cara yang lebih praktis untuk menggambarkan aktivitas secara kehidupan komunitas.

THE UNION OF GOD: UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CATHOLICISM

EMPIRISMA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maufur Maufur
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Other ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God The Father ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity

During this time Trinitias is widely misunderstood by Muslims as a form of polytheism. The Trinity is assumed to be three distinct entities: God the Father, Lord the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This paper seeks to examine the dogma of the Holy Spirit as one element of the Trinity. This paper concludes that in Catholic, the Holy Spirit is the unity of the Father and the Son in the form of Love that is near in the created universe. The Holy Spirit is also God and is equal to the fi rst and second person of God, and therefore His presence as commanded by God does not mean that He is inferior to the other two. The presence of the Holy Spirit in this world means the salvation, liberation, and existence of the Christian community (ie followers of Jesus) who came to be known as the Church. Keywords: Trinity, Holy Spirit, Catholicism

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