Holy Spirit in ChristianityThird person of the Trinity Stained glass representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove in St. Peter's Basilica, c. 1660 Part of a series onChristianity Christians JesusChrist Nativity Baptism Ministry Crucifixion Resurrection Ascension BibleFoundations Old Testament New Testament Gospel Canon Church Prophets Creed New Covenant Theology God Trinity Father Son Holy Spirit Apologetics Baptism Christology History of theology Salvation Stewardship Universalism HistoryTradition Apostles Peter Paul Mary Early Christianity Church Fathers Constantine Councils Augustine Three Holy Hierarchs East–West Schism Crusades Aquinas Reformation Luther Denominations(list) Western Latin-rite Catholic Independent Catholic Protestant Anabaptist Anglican Baptist Evangelical Lutheran Methodist Moravian Pentecostal Plymouth Brethren Quaker Reformed Unitarian Waldensian Western Orthodox Eastern Eastern Orthodox Oriental Orthodox East Syriac Eastern Catholic Eastern Protestant Restorationist Adventist Irvingite Jehovah's Witness Latter Day Saint Swedenborgian Related topics Art Adherents Criticism Culture Ecumenism Liturgy Mission Other religions Persecution Prayer Sermon Symbolism Western society Worship Sabbath in Christianity Gregorian calendar Glossary Index Outline Christianity portalvte In mainstream Trinitarian Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost (Greek: Ἅγιο Πνεῦμα, Latin: Spiritus Sanctus) is the third Person of the Trinity, which is often enumerated as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
God the SonGod the Son (Greek: Θεὸς ὁ Υἱός, Latin: Deus Filius) or God the Word (Greek: Θεὸς ὁ Λόγος, Latin: Deus Verbum) is the second Person of the Trinity in Christian theology. According to mainstream Christian doctrine, God the Son, in the form of Jesus Christ, is the incarnation of the eternal, pre-existent divine Logos (Koine Greek for "word") through whom all things were created.
Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)Hypostasis (plural: hypostases), from the Greekὑπόστασις (hypóstasis), is the underlying, fundamental state or substance that supports all of reality. It is not the same as the concept of a substance. In Neoplatonism, the hypostasis of the soul, the intellect (nous) and "the one" was addressed by Plotinus. In Christian theology, the Holy Trinity consists of three hypostases: that of the Father, that of the Son, and that of the Holy Spirit.
ProsoponProsopon is a Greek word used in christendom that originally meant a 'Face' or 'Countenance' or 'Mask', literally translating to "what is before the eyes". The term has a particular significance in Christian study of the Trinity, and also in Christology. In English language, the form prosopon is used mainly in scholarly works, related to theology, philosophy or history of religion, while it is also commonly translated as person, both in scholarly or non-scholarly writings.ConsubstantialityChristian theology of the Trinity Consubstantiality, a term derived from Latin: consubstantialitas, denotes identity of substance or essence in spite of difference in aspect. It appears most commonly in its adjectival form, "consubstantial", from Latin consubstantialis, and its best-known use is in regard to an account, in Christian theology, of the relation between Jesus Christ and God the Father.
God the FatherGod the Father is a title given to God in Christianity. In mainstream TrinitarianChristianity, God the Father is regarded as the First Person of the Trinity, followed by the Second Person, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Third Person, the Holy Spirit. Since the second century, Christian creeds included affirmation of belief in "God the Father (Almighty)", primarily in his capacity as "Father and creator of the universe".
God in ChristianityChristian conception of GodLa Sainte Trinité, painting by Gustave Doré (1866). God the Father presents the body of Christ, his Divine Son, with the Holy Spirit visible as a dove at the top of the image.
Jesus in ChristianitySon of God in ChristianityChrist on the Cross, 1870, by Carl Heinrich Bloch, depicting Jesus's crucifixionIn Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God as chronicled in the Christian Bible's New Testament, and is in traditional Trinitarian theology held to be God the Son, a prosopon (person) of the Trinity of God. Christians believe him to be the Jewishmessiah (giving him the title Christ), who was prophesied in the Bible's Old Testament.Christian theologyChristian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christian belief and practice. It concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis and argument.
Literal translationLiteral translation, direct translation, word-for-word translation, word-by-word translation, or word-to-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. In translation theory, another term for literal translation is metaphrase (as opposed to paraphrase for an analogous translation).
MonotheismBelief that there is only one God
LatinLatin (lingua Latina or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire.
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