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    the Holy Spirit gives everyone a gift according not to gender but to God’s will. On the day of Pentecost, everyone gathering and waiting for the Holy Spirit was filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts.2:4). The Holy Spirit made all of them not only speak in tongue but also witness what God had done for them through Christ in other languages. When all people received the gift of the Holy Spirit, certainly there were women including the mother of Jesus, Mary (Acts.1:14). That is, the Holy Spirit is the

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    The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- St. Josaphat's Cathedral in Edmonton, Canada is shaped as a cross with seven copper domes representing the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and descriptions outlined by St. Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologica, the seven gifts are as follows: * Wisdom: We see God at work in our lives and in the world. For

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    The Holy Spirit has been a topic of discovery, and debate far much longer than people realize. The Holy Spirit has been influencing people in the Bible, but also in the 4th century. The Holy Spirit like today was a topic of debate even in the 4th century. St. Basil the Great was a man of God who wrestled, defended, and lived by the Holy Spirit. St. Basil was born in Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330 where he was born into a large family, some who were also honored among the saints (Online Catholic).

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    Introduction What is the Holy Spirit? Some believers would say it is a part of the Trinity, others would say that it is a gut feeling that convicts a person of doing wrong. Some scholars would try to describe the Spirit as if it was a person of a physical being. There are assumptions that the Holy Spirit became present after Jesus’s Crucifixion or that there is no purpose for the Spirit. In referring back to my notes during class and in small group discussion. I will be addressing the proposed questions

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    Essay on Pneumatology Pneumatology, the study of the Holy Spirit, is one of the controversial subjects in the Biblical studies. It is hard for some people to consider the Holy Spirit as a person and to understand how He works. That is why some people have denied his personhood, and considered him only as “God’s active force”. While the He is also God. He is of great importance in the life of the Christians because after accepting Jesus, the Holy Spirit abides in the Christian, and uses him/her in many

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    filled with the Holy Spirit. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is an addition to already being filled with the Holy Spirit. If a person never receives the Baptism of the Holy Spirit during their faith, he or she still receives salvation. A person who receives Christ has the Holy Spirit, but not everyone who has received the Holy Spirit can speak in tongues. Tongues can be traced as the evidence of the Holy Spirit coming in a way that is different than just having the Spirit. The Holy Spirit was present

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    and worship of God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It make me think of the Triune Godhead, and how it is for our benefit that God sent Jesus to atone for our sins, break down the barrio that separates us from Him, not only did Jesus Christ carry out the mission that God ordained; He sent the Holy Spirit to keep us, guide us in all that Jesus had taught, and that God’s will be done. I think that the Holy Spirit is not given the praise that He is worthy of receiving. I have

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    Many Christians summarized the ministry of the Holy Spirit as conversion and sanctification. Because our God is holy, He wants us to be holy (1 Peter 1:16). Once we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior, we are legally righteous before God because of the atonement of Jesus. Therefore, we are called saints in Christ. However, we do have sin-polluted minds and body that are not perfected yet. The result is we are like bipolar man that have inner wars continuous going on. This is the war described in

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    the Holy Spirit constitute the whole context of Catholic religion. We may have a pretty good point on who Jesus Christ was, we may ponder on who God is, but we must also balance the work of the Holy Spirit within the Catholic church and its followers. Often we think of Jesus Christ as related to the Father, but I think his life was highly influenced and his actions were all the more possible through the help of the Holy Spirit. Christ's actual birth is marked by the intervention of the Spirit, Christ

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    The Holy Spirit, is also known as the holy ghost, is considered the third divine person in the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is not vague, he in way is a person equal in all ways possible with the father God and the son God. Referencing 2 Cor. 13:14 God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. and he and they are loving. In ways alike, the Holy Spirit is like a person, in that he bears the major characteristics, marks and personality of a person, basically knowledge, feeling or emotion, and will. The Holy Spirit

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