2007-08-25 03:31:21 · 9 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is it the 3rd person { like the personality which is the soul?}
2007-08-25 03:39:44 · update #1
"Holy spirit" is a noun.The pronoun that goes with that noun is "it" since it is not a person. It is also not part of a non-existent trinity.
THE Bible's use of "holy spirit" indicates that it is a controlled force that Jehovah God uses to accomplish a variety of his purposes. To a certain extent, it can be likened to electricity, a force that can be adapted to perform a great variety of operations.
At Genesis 1:2 the Bible states that "God's active force ["spirit" (Hebrew, ru'ach)] was moving to and fro over the surface of the waters." Here, God's spirit was his active force working to shape the earth.
VARIOUS sources acknowledge that the Bible does not support the idea that the holy spirit is the third person of a Trinity. For example:
The Catholic Encyclopedia: "Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication of a Third Person."
Catholic theologian Fortman: "The Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this view. . . . The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power."
The New Catholic Encyclopedia: "The O[ld] T[estament] clearly does not envisage God's spirit as a person . . . God's spirit is simply God's power. If it is sometimes represented as being distinct from God, it is because the breath of Yahweh acts exteriorly." It also says: "The majority of N[ew] T[estament] texts reveal God's spirit as something, not someone; this is especially seen in the parallelism between the spirit and the power of God."—Italics ours.
A Catholic Dictionary: "On the whole, the New Testament, like the Old, speaks of the spirit as a divine energy or power."
Hence, neither the Jews nor the early Christians viewed the holy spirit as part of a Trinity. That teaching came centuries later. As A Catholic Dictionary notes: "The third Person was asserted at a Council of Alexandria in 362 . . . and finally by the Council of Constantinople of 381"—some three and a half centuries after holy spirit filled the disciples at Pentecost!
No, the holy spirit is not a person and it is not part of a Trinity. The holy spirit is God's active force that he uses to accomplish his will. It is not equal to God but is always at his disposition and subordinate to him.
2007-08-25 04:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is a person, I think..
Either the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost.
2007-08-25 10:36:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how it is used. Holy Spirit is lovely. In this sentence it is a noun. Does the Holy Spirit come first or last for you?
2007-08-25 11:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE holy spirit isn't a pronoun because there is only one THE holy spirit. and that is one of HIS (pronoun) real names
2007-08-25 10:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by That one guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grammatically speaking, "spirit" is a noun and "holy" is an adjective.
2007-08-25 10:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by Cheryl E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very profound question. Possibly He/She?
2007-08-25 10:37:35 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hologram
2007-08-25 10:34:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If 'it' is a pronoun ....yes.
2007-08-25 10:33:51 · answer #8 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-08-25 11:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋