{"product_id":"we-believe-in-the-holy-spirit-ancient-christian-doctrine-no-4","title":"We Believe in the Holy Spirit (Ancient Christian Doctrine, No. 4)","description":"\"The Spirit blows where it pleases,\" Jesus said to Nicodemus. \"You hear its sound but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.\"\nThe Spirit, like the wind, is hard to pin down. Any discussion of the Spirit is fraught with the difficulty of speaking about something or someone who defies definition and who purposely averts attention from himself toward someone else. So it is with the Spirit. And so it is with thechurch's reception of and conversation about the Spirit, even in its early centuries. It is hard to pin down, and the church's voice on the Spirit has been about as loud as the whisper of the wind that indicates the Spirit's presence.\nThe church's teaching on the Holy Spirit is perhaps what Nicolas Berdayev has called \"the last unexplored theological frontier.\" In these latter days of the church, this \"final frontier\" is receiving increasing attention. The rise of the Pentecostal movement,the engaged witness of the Orthodox churches, which have historically been more sensitive to the role of the Spirit, coupled with the fact that people in general are looking for a deeper and more relational faith, perhaps help explain in part the increased attention the Spirit is getting.\nIt is appropriate then that the base camp of this exploration be established in the early understanding of the church on these matters. Following the outline of the succinct third article of the Nicene Creed, Joel Elowsky opens up to us vistas of the Holy Spirit with expertly selected passages from ancient Christian writings.\nThis portion of the Creed, apart from the filioque, is largely uncontroversial. The full deity of the Spirit is highlighted not so much by theological definition as by the emphasis on worship and action. While the Creed itself does not speak directly of the work of the Spirit in justification, sanctification and the like, the early church theologians nevertheless had much to say on these issues. Here we see clearly how the Spirit is \"giver of life.\"\nThe five-volume Ancient Christian Doctrine series follows up on the acclaimed Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture to provide patristic commentary on the Nicene Creed, translating source material from the church fathers into English for unparalleled insight into early church history.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0830825347\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0830825347.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Oden, Thomas C.|Elowsky, Joel C.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41858948104250,"sku":"DBV.0830825347.G","price":23.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0830825347-0.jpg?v=1793155401","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/we-believe-in-the-holy-spirit-ancient-christian-doctrine-no-4","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}