Unit 3 Handout

Question 1

The focus on the PERSON of the Holy Spirit

Answer 1

Ontological Pneumatology

Question 2

The focus on the work of the Holy Spirit

Answer 2

Functional Pneumatology

Question 3

Seven arguments for the divinity of the Holy Spirit

Answer 3

1. The Bible explicitly equates the HS with God
2. The Baptism of Jesus
3. The baptismal formula
4. Apostolic benedictions include the Spirit
5. Pneumatological attributes (the Bible ascribes God’s attributes to the HS)
6. Blaspheming the HS is a sin
7. The Bible ascribes works to the HS that are only possible if he is divine

Question 4

The Spirit is a person, not a force

Answer 4

The personhood of the Spirit

Question 5

The Spirit is just a force and is not divine. Can’t produce anything of himself

Answer 5

Heresy: Pneumatomachianism

Question 6

Denying the Trinity by denying the Spirit (he’s just a power not a person). Includes a modern religion

Answer 6

Heresy: Socinianism, Jehovah’s Witness

Question 7

This is the eternal mode of subsistence for the Spirit. He is eternally sent from the Father and the So

Answer 7

Eternal procession of the Spirit

Question 8

This word means “and the Son.” The Spirit proceeds from Father and Son. The Eastern Orthodox and the Latin Catholics split in 1024 over this

Answer 8

The filioque controversy

Question 9

-We have the Bible because of the Spirit
-The Spirit also illuminates Scripture and helps with discernment

Answer 9

The work of the Spirit in Scripture

Question 10

A mutual indwelling of the Trinity in each other

Answer 10

Perichoresis

Question 11

-Ruach means “breathed out.” Creation was breathed out by God and the Spirit was present

Answer 11

The work of the Spirit in Creation