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Baptism of Jesus, with the Holy Spirit descending on him as a dove in Matthew 3:13–17, [77] Mark 1:9–11 [78] and Luke 3:21–23. [79] Temptation of Jesus, in Matthew 4:1 the Holy Spirit led Jesus to the desert to be tempted. [80] The Spirit casting out demons in Exorcising the blind and mute man miracle. [81]
Nontrinitarian views differ widely on the nature of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Various nontrinitarian views, such as Adoptionism, Monarchianism, and Arianism existed prior to the formal definition of the Trinity doctrine in AD 325, 360, and 431, at the Councils of Nicaea, Constantinople, and Ephesus, respectively. [176]
The Trinity is the belief in Christianity that God is one God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son , and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus is depicted with the Alpha and Omega letters in the Catacombs of Rome from the 4th century. Jesus is the central figure of Christianity. [82]
In John 14:26, [42] Jesus also refers to "the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name". [43] By the end of the 1st century, Clement of Rome had repeatedly referred to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and linked the Father to creation in 1 Clement 19.2, [44] stating: "let us look steadfastly to the Father and creator of the universe ...
Oneness Pentecostals believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a free gift, commanded for all. [137] Pentecostals—both Oneness and Trinitarian—maintain that the Holy Spirit experience denotes the genuine Christian Church and empowers the believer to accomplish God's will.
Raphael's 1518 depiction of Prophet Ezekiel's vision of God the Father in glory. God the Father is a title given to God in Christianity.In mainstream trinitarian Christianity, God the Father is regarded as the first Person of the Trinity, followed by the second person, Jesus Christ the Son, and the third person, God the Holy Spirit. [1]
Revelation 22:1 then states: "And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb". The Revelation reference is interpreted as the Holy Spirit. [2] The Catechism of the Catholic Church, item 1137, considers it "one of most beautiful symbols of the Holy Spirit". [7]
Most Christians believe that Jesus was both human and the Son of God. While there have been theological debate over the nature of Jesus, Trinitarian Christians generally believe that Jesus is God incarnate, God the Son, and "true God and true man" (or both fully divine and fully human). Jesus, having become fully human in all respects, suffered ...