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The Holy Spirit is often depicted as a dove, based on the account of the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus like a dove when he was baptized in the Jordan river. [149] In many paintings of the Annunciation , the Holy Spirit is shown in the form of a dove, coming down towards Mary on beams of light, as the Archangel Gabriel announces Jesus Christ ...
Saint Teresa of Ávila's Vision of the Holy Spirit (c. 1614) by Rubens. Saint Teresa of Ávila's Vision of the Holy Spirit is an oil on panel painting of Teresa of Avila by Peter Paul Rubens, executed c. 1614, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, to which it was allocated by the UK Government in 1999 after being accepted in lieu of inheritance tax. [1]
The Holy Spirit depicted as a dove; assurance was described by John Wesley as the "Witness of the Spirit".. As a general term in theological use, assurance refers to a believer's confidence in God, God's response to prayer, and the hope of eternal salvation.
It was propagated by the founder of the Quaker movement, George Fox, who "preached faith in and reliance on 'inward light' (the presence of Christ in the heart)". [1] [2] The first Quakers were known to sit in silence and meditate on the words of the Bible until they felt the inward light of God shining upon them and the Holy Spirit speaking. [3]
In Nicene Christianity, the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. In Islam, the Holy Spirit acts as an agent of divine action or communication. In the Baha’i Faith, the Holy Spirit is seen as the intermediary between God and man and "the outpouring grace of God and the effulgent rays that emanate from His Manifestation". [1]
Divine Presence in Islam is known as "Hadra" and the human experience of it is known as "Hudur". [3] Practices in Sufism intended to evoke Hudur usually characterize it as "the heart's presence with Allah" ("Hudur al-Qalb"). [4] Examples of such practices include: The Haḍra group ritual; Muraqabah (meditation) in general
Following immediately after Jesus’s crucifixion, the book tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message beyond Israel. [2] [3] The Holy Spirit plays a key role in the Acts of the Apostles, leading to the use of the titles Book of the Holy Spirit or the Acts of the Holy Spirit for that book. [4] [5]
Stained glass symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, c. 1660. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, [1] and much commented upon by patristic authors. [2] They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. [3]