There are some passages in the writings of Irenaeus where the image of God and the similitude are sharply distinguished, so most notably in the statement: `` If the ( Holy ) Spirit is absent from the soul, such a man is indeed of an animal nature ; ;

Being convinced that salvation is alone by accepting Christ as Saviour, and being convicted by the Holy Spirit of my lost condition, I do repent of all effort to be saved by any form of good works, and just now receive Jesus as my personal Saviour and salvation as a free gift from Him.

the ever burning lusts of the flesh or the powerful victory of Holy Spirit discipline.

Abbot Francis Michael and Prior Anthony Delisi ( on the left ) of Monastery of the Holy Spirit, a Trappist monastery in Conyers, Georgia, USA.

AD 250 – 336 ), a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the persons of the Trinity (' God the Father ', ' God the Son ' ( Jesus of Nazareth ), and ' God the Holy Spirit ') and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father.

The Father, working through the Son, created the Holy Spirit, who was subservient to the Son as the Son was to the Father.

Arius taught that Jesus Christ was divine and was sent to earth for the salvation of mankind but that Jesus Christ was not equal to the Father ( infinite, primordial origin ) and to the Holy Spirit ( giver of life ).

It is all that subsists by itself and which has not its being in another, God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit all being uncreated.

In 381, at the Second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople, a group of mainly Eastern bishops assembled and accepted the Nicene Creed of 381, which was supplemented in regard to the Holy Spirit, as well as some other changes: see Comparison between Creed of 325 and Creed of 381.

In connection with this Jehovah's Witnesses also believe the Holy Spirit is not an actual person but rather is God ’ s divine breath, God's power in action.

# unaided by the Holy Spirit, no person is able to respond to God ’ s will ;

* Christian perfection – According to Wesley's teaching, Christians could attain a state of practical perfection, meaning a lack of all voluntary sin by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, in this life.

Because not from a man she conceived but from the Holy Spirit.

The word is found in Gnostic texts such as the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, and also appears in the Greek Magical Papyri.

The Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, for instance, refers to Abrasax as an Aeon dwelling with Sophia and other Aeons of the Pleroma in the light of the luminary Eleleth.

His works include a treatise on the Holy Eucharist, one on the Procession of the Holy Spirit, many lives of saints, as well as a history of his term as Prior General of the Camaldolese.

Some have suggested that the title " Acts " be interpreted as " The Acts of the Holy Spirit " or even " The Acts of Jesus ," since 1: 1 gives the impression that these acts were set forth as an account of what Jesus continued to do and teach, Jesus himself being the principal actor.

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

* Holy Spirit came at Pentecost ( 2 ), see also Paraclete

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descends on them.

As in the Gospel of Luke, there are numerous references to the Holy Spirit throughout Acts.

Acts features the " baptism in the Holy Spirit " on Pentecost and the subsequent spirit-inspired speaking in tongues.

The Holy Spirit is shown guiding the decisions and actions of Christian leaders, and the Holy Spirit is said to " fill " the apostles, especially when they preach.

Lawrence Lipton, in The Holy Barbarians, stresses that for the beat generation sex is more than a source of pleasure ; ;

This is the Holy Grail these knights of the orgasm pursue, this is the irresistible cosmic urge to which they respond.

But The Holy Sinner is not simply a retelling of old stories for an old man's entertainment.

What otherwise could `` the lawyer, doctor, minister, the men of science and letters '' do when told that they had `` become the cherubim and seraphim and the three archangels who stood before the golden throne of the merchant, and continually cried, ' Holy, holy, holy is the Almighty Dollar ' ``??

Pope Leo 13, on the 13th day of December 1898, granted the following indulgences: `` An indulgence of three hundred days is granted to all the Faithful who read the Holy Gospels at least a quarter of an hour.

The legend connected with its foundation is given by Peter Damiani in his Life of St Odilo: a pilgrim returning from the Holy Land was cast by a storm on a desolate island.

Though the ceremony installs the new abbot into a position of legal authority, it does not confer further sacramental authority-it is not a further degree of Holy Orders ( although some abbots have been ordained to the episcopacy ).

Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission.

However, there are certain limitations: they may not administer the sacraments and related functions whose celebration is reserved to bishops, priests, deacons, or seminarians ( the male clergy ), namely, Holy Orders ( they may make provision for an ordained cleric to help train and to admit some of their members, if needed, as altar servers, Eucharistic ministers, or lectors-the minor ministries which are now open to the non-ordained ).

* 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria

* 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

At some point, he was alleged to have accompanied Swein on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but proof is lacking.

In the list of popes given in the Holy See's annual directory, Annuario Pontificio, the following note is attached to the name of Pope Leo VIII ( 963 – 965 ): At this point, as again in the mid-eleventh century, we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter.

* 1619 – Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

The family yearned for the added power a seat in the Imperial government would bring, and therefore sought to acquire lands that would be Reichsunmittelbar, or held without any feudal personage other than the Holy Roman Emperor himself having rights on the land.

The family yearned greatly for the added power which a seat in the Imperial government would garner, and therefore, searched for lands to acquire which would be unmittelbar ( non-intermediate ), held without any feudal personage other than the Holy Roman Emperor himself having rights on the land.

" This could cause confusion when compared with Section 130 of the Doctrine and Covenants: " The Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit.

If the Holy Ghost was a distinct and separate personage, why is there no record anywhere of someone seeing it as a distinct entity?

# That the Son is a " personage of tabernacle " ( 5: 2d ) who " possess the same mind with the Father ; which Mind is the Holy Spirit " ( 5: 2j, k );

Most modern Latter Day Saints do not accept the idea of a two -" personage " Godhead, with the Father as a spirit and the Holy Spirit as the shared " mind " of the Father and the Son.

In 1843, Smith provided his final public description of the Godhead before his death, in which he described God the Father as having a physical body, and the Holy Spirit, also, as a distinct personage: " The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's ; the Son also ; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit.

The Latter-day Saints believe that " The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man ’ s ; the Son also ; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit.

Novena prayers are customarily printed in small booklets, and is often dedicated to a specific saint, angel, a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or invoking one of the personage of the Holy Trinity.