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Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost [ ghost, i.e., spirit, a translation of Gr. pneuma =breath, air], in Christian doctrine, the third person of the Trinity . The Holy Spirit is sometimes defined as the aspect of God immanent in this world, in human beings, and in the church. Jesus' promise to his... Read more |
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Sword of the Spirit
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Paraclete
Paraclete , in the New Testament, title of the Holy Spirit, often translated as "Comforter" or "Advocate." In First John, Jesus himself is the "Paraclete."... Read more |
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Spirit
Spirit Spirit is a complicated, nebulous term extending from the sacred and holy to the depths of the human. It captures human consciousness of meanings and purposes extending beyond individual lives, and directs people to the boundaries of self. Spirit may also refer to the supernatural or... Read more |
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Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism worldwide 20th-21st-century Christian movement that emphasizes the experience of Spirit baptism, generally evidenced by speaking in tongues ( glossolalia ). The name derives from Pentecost , the Greek name for the Jewish Feast of Weeks, which falls on the fiftieth day after... Read more |
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Pneumatology
Pneumatology Pneumatology refers to either the Christian doctrine of the nature and work of the Holy Spirit, or the study of human beliefs in spiritual beings. The term pneumatology also refers to the scientific study of air or gases. The Greek word pneuma suggests both wind and smell, as well... Read more |
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pixie
pixie in English folklore, spirit or fairy. The pixie is commonly represented as a mischievous imp who delights in flustering young maidens and leading travelers astray.... Read more |
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Montanus
Montanus The early Christian prophet Montanus (active 2nd century) was the leader of a group of people who were convinced that their ability to speak in mysterious languages was a gift of the Holy Spirit. Montanism was later condemned as a heresy. Very little is known about the life of... Read more |
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lares
lares , in Roman religion, guardian spirits. According to some they were ghosts of the dead, destructive spirits who frequented crossroads and had to be propitiated. Others say that the lares were farm deities, worshiped as fertility powers of the earth. The most common myth, however, identifies... Read more |
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Shamanism
S HAMANISM A shaman is one who serves his people by acting as an intermediary to the spirit world. The claimed ability to communicate with the world beyond death is at least as old as the time when early humans first conceived the idea that some part of... Read more |
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Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) Third Person of the Trinity in Christian theology. The Holy Spirit represents the spiritual agent through whom God's grace is given... |
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baptism
...Jesus emerged from the water, the Holy Spirit descended upon him, in the form of a...the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. According to Matthew's...the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) as outlined in the ... |
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Pentecostalism
...that connected the baptism of the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues (the Pentecost...gifts and that those anointed by the Holy Spirit can work mighty signs and miracles...considered evidence of the baptism of the Holy ... |
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kiss
...suggestion that he is infusing the spirit of new life into Psyche. Thus the...and artists. The breath or spirit of God has always been seen as a life-giving act, and the Holy Spirit can be given in the form...Virgin Mary was kissed by the ... |
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BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
...thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name’ (Collect at commencement of Holy Communion). BCP contains many pairs of synonyms... |
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Trinity
...Trinity Central doctrine of Christianity, according to which God is three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. There is only one God, but he exists as ‘three in one and one in three’. The nature of the Trinity... |
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Calvinism
...involved him in most conflict was his interpretation of Holy Communion, which differs from that of Luther, but his...and this atonement being provided the elect through the Holy Spirit, giving them the power to attempt to obey God's will... |
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body odours
...Christians to indicate a preoccupation with matters of the spirit, rather than the flesh.According to Christian belief...considered to be due to the presence of the divinely fragrant Holy Spirit within the body. In Christian culture, therefore, corporeal... |
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Swedenborgianism
...Word to accomplish the redemption of mankind, and the Holy Spirit the divine proceeding by which life and love flow forth...symbolize the fate of man, who, if he has worked with the spirit of Jesus in love and obedience, will put aside his material... |
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Pentecostal Churches
...Fellowship of revivalist Christian sects, inspired by the belief that all Christians should seek to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, and experience events such as speaking in tongues. Pentecostalists believe in the literal truth of the Bible, and... |
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Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit Judaism In Tanach (Jewish scripture), ruaḥ...consequence of God at work in his creation. The Holy Spirit is also known as ruaḥ Elohim and ruaḥ...particular things.Christianity Formally, the Holy Spirit (or ... |
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Double Procession of the Holy Spirit
Double Procession of the Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the W. Church that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Against...Fount of Divinity in the Godhead; they hold that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father ... |
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‘baptism in the Holy Spirit’
‘baptism in the Holy Spirit’. A doctrine now best known in its...baptism’). They maintain that, as the Holy Spirit fell on the first Apostles, so those...Acts 2: 4) are ‘baptized with the Holy Spirit’ (cf. Acts 11: 15 f... |
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Procession of the Holy Spirit
Procession of the Holy Spirit. A disputed issue between E. and W. Churches. See FILIOQUE. |
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holy
...another term for the Holy Spirit.The Order of the...site of this tomb.Holy Spirit, in Christian belief...Christian art, the Holy Spirit is often represented as a dove.holy water water blessed...Helpers at ... |
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Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost (third person of the Holy Trinity): see HOLY SPIRIT. |
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spirit
...a harmony between body and spirit. ∎ such a part regarded...a year after he left, his spirit is still present. ∎ such a...supernatural being: shrines to nature spirits. ∎ (the Spirit) short for Holy Spirit. ∎ archaic a ... |
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gifts of the Spirit
gifts of the Spirit Moses and others in the OT were seized with an ecstasy ascribed to the, or to a, Spirit (Num. 11: 29), but it is in the epistles of Paul that specific gifts of the Holy Spirit are listed and said to be the natural... |
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Spirit
Spirit. In Christian theology the word denotes: (1). The intelligent and immaterial part of man or the human...order, whether good or evil, i.e. angels or demons. (4). The Third Person of the Trinity (See HOLY SPIRIT). |
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Spirit:
Spirit: see HOLY SPIRIT. |
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god
...the Maker, the Godhead; Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh; (God) the Father, (God) the Son, the Holy Ghost/Spirit, the Holy Trinity; the Great Spirit, Gitchi Manitou; humorous the Man Upstairs. 2. sacrifices to appease the gods synonyms... |
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Holy spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives.(Brief article)(Book review)
Holy Spirit: Creative Power in...lire of Jesus, and in the Spirit-created Christian community and explores the work of the Spirit in creating faith, hope...the Bible where the word '"spirit" appears. This makes the...vision of the work of the ... |
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Seeking 'Holy Spirits'.(News)
...refers. The words "Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of Truth", etc, doesn...referred to as "Holy Spirits" as well. Acts7:51...and it is the "true spirits" themselves that have...Beloved, believe not every spirit, but ... |
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The holy spirit and Christian unity
...conference in northern Italy on "The Holy Spirit and ecumenism." In this article...they heed the stirrings of the Holy Spirit in ecumenical contexts. Spirit...interrelation of Father, Son and Holy Spirit as ... |
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Is the Holy Spirit welcome in your church?
...We will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." Please note that He said baptized...be brave. "The comforter" the Holy Spirit is the one who fills us with courage...risen Christ. We must welcome the Holy Spirit. The ... |
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The Holy Spirit: Source of unity in the liturgy
...discussion of the role of the Holy Spirit in the liturgy has tended to focus...epiclesis or Invocation of the Holy Spirit in the text of the eucharistic...ascribe any significant role to the Holy Spirit in the Church's ... |
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FILL ME WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
...expressions - the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience...we display these fruits of the Holy Spirit? Often times, they are exuded...you know you are filled with the Holy Spirit. When everyone has turned ... |
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God, the Holy Spirit
...you can be sure that God, the Holy Spirit will come to your aide in giving...became a livingbeing..... The Holy Spirit came upon special people such as...conceived by Mary, by the Power of the Holy Spirit. When He Was ... |
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God, the Holy Spirit.
...you can be sure that God, the Holy Spirit will come to your aide in giving...became a livingbeing..... The Holy Spirit came upon special people such as...conceived by Mary, by the Power of the Holy Spirit. When He Was ... |
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The forgotten God: rediscovering the Holy Spirit.(THEOLOGY 101)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Holy Spirit has sometimes been referred to...Basil, the great theologian of the Holy Spirit, taught that the Spirit of God...Protestants tend to subordinate the Holy Spirit to both ... |
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Alice Lakwena and the Holy Spirits: War in Northern Uganda, 1986-97.(Book...
...Alice Auma. Translated from German, Behrend explains how Alice, under the possession of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raises the Holy Spirit Mobile Forces (HSMF). The author does this through field interviews with former members of the HSMF... |
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