Ep. 5: God The Spirit

February 7, 2024

In this episode, Robert argues the Biblical case for the existence of the Holy Spirit.

Extra Info:

The biblical summaries Robert quoted from St. Athanasius (AD 298-374) can be found below. The entire work is worth scanning for interest if time allows. Left column is your contents, middle column is English translation, and right column is Greek.

Athanasius’ influence in early Christianity cannot be overstated. More about him can be found here: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/Athanasius.

His most famous work, On the Incarnation, is available in several places:

Here is a trustworthy English translation with an introduction by C. S. Lewis: https://a.co/d/ise5AD4.
Here is an online version: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2802.htm.

Regarding the issue of how the earliest Christians made sense of Jesus with only the Old Testament as their reference, here are a couple of books that might be of interest:

Philip Yancey, The Bible Jesus Read: https://a.co/d/1d5RypE
R. T. France, Jesus and the Old Testament: https://a.co/d/6M1ZyMu

If you really want to read more about the Pneumatomachians, who argued against the divinity of the Spirit between the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) and the follow-up Council of Constantinople (AD 381), here is some background: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12174a.htm.

Finally, the small book Robert brought by Basil of Caesarea (AD 330-379), On the Holy Spirit, is also available in several places. This was the statement that ended the controversy over the Holy Spirit once and for all.

Hard copy: https://a.co/d/dzie0Ws
Online: https://a.co/d/dzie0Ws

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