Holy Spirit in Christianity

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The Holy Spirit as a dove in The Annunciation, by Philippe de Champaigne, 1644.

In most Christian churches, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is the third person of the Trinity. The Trinity is a God made up of three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, who share the same qualities and essence and are therefore One God.[1] Christians who don't believe in the Trinity have a big difference in their beliefs about the Holy Spirit.

In Christian theology, pneumatology is the study of the Holy Spirit.

Since Christianity does indeed have a historical relationship with Judaism, theology experts often identify the Holy Spirit with the concept of the Ruach Hakodesh found in Jewish scripture, suggesting that Jesus may have just been expanding upon these Jewish concepts.

Names

Hebrew Bible

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  • וְר֣וּחַ קָדְשׁ֑וֹ (Ruah qadesow) – His Holy Spirit (Isaiah 63:10)[3]
  • וְר֣וּחַ קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ (Ruah qadseḵa) – Your Holy Spirit (Psalm 51:11)[4]
  • וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים (Ruah Elohim) – Spirit of God (Genesis 1:2)[5]
  • נִשְׁמַת־ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים (Nismat Ruah hayyim) – The Breath of the Spirit of Life (Genesis 7:22)[6]
  • ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֑ה (Ruah YHWH) – Spirit of YHWH (Isaiah 11:2)[7]
  • ר֧וּחַ חָכְמָ֣ה וּבִינָ֗ה (Ruach hakmah ubinah) – Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding (Isaiah 11:2)[7]
  • ר֤וּחַ עֵצָה֙ וּגְבוּרָ֔ה (Ruah esah ugeburah) – Spirit of Counsel and Might (Isaiah 11:2)[7]
  • ר֥וּחַ דַּ֖עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְהוָֽה (Ruah daat weyirat YHWH) – Spirit of Knowledge[8] and Fear of YHWH (Isaiah 11:2)[7]

New Testament

  • πνεύματος ἁγίου (Pneumatos Hagiou) – Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18)[9]
  • πνεύματι θεοῦ (Pneumati Theou) – Spirit of God (Matthew 12:28)[10]
  • ὁ παράκλητος (Ho Paraclētos) – The Comforter, cf. Paraclete John 14:26 (John 16:7)[11]
  • πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας (Pneuma tēs Alētheias) – Spirit of Truth (John 16:13)[12]
  • Πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ (Pneuma Christou) – Spirit of Christ (1 Peter 1:11)[13]

Depending on context:

  • πνεῦμα (Pneuma) – Spirit (John 3:8)[14]
  • Πνεύματος (Pneumatos) – Spirit (John 3:8)

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References

  1. Caulley, Thomas Scott (2001). "Holy Spirit". In Elwell, Walter A. (ed.). Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. p. 568. ISBN 978-1-4412-0030-3.
  2. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Expectation of the Messiah and his Spirit (nos. 711–712).
  3. Interlinear Bible on Bible Hub.
  4. Interlinear Bible on Bible Hub.
  5. Interlinear Bible on Bible Hub.
  6. Interlinear Bible on Bible Hub.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Interlinear Bible on Bible Hub.
  8. "Strong's Hebrew: 1847. דָּ֫עַת (daath) – knowledge". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  9. "Matthew 1:18 Greek Text Analysis". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  10. "Matthew 12:28 Greek Text Analysis". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  11. "John 16:7 Greek Text Analysis". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  12. "John 16:13 Greek Text Analysis". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  13. "1 Peter 1:11 Greek Text Analysis". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  14. "John 3:8 Interlinear: the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.