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Paraclete , in the New Testament, title of the Holy Spirit, often translated as "Comforter" or "Advocate." In First John, Jesus himself is the "Paraclete."

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Paraclete. A Johannine epithet of the Holy Spirit, traditionally translated ‘Comforter’. Modern translations often render the word ‘Helper’, ‘Consoler’ or ‘Advocate’, or leave it untranslated.

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Paraclete (in Christian theology) the Holy Spirit as advocate or counsellor (John 14:26, ‘the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost’). The name comes via late Latin from Greek paraklētos ‘called in aid’.

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