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  2. Matthew 5:4 - Wikipedia

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    Ambrose: When you have done thus much, attained both poverty and meekness, remember that you are a sinner, mourn your sins, as He proceeds, Blessed are they that mourn.. And it is suitable that the third blessing should be of those that mourn for sin, for it is the Trinity that forgives s

  3. Cessationism versus continuationism - Wikipedia

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    El Greco's depiction of Pentecost, with tongues of fire and a dove representing the Holy Spirit's descent (c. 1600). Cessationism versus continuationism involves a Christian theological dispute as to whether spiritual gifts remain available to the church, or whether their operation ceased with the apostolic age of the church (or soon thereafter).

  4. Holy Spirit in Christianity - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Eternal procession of the Holy Spirit - Wikipedia

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    In Western Christianity, the Holy Spirit is viewed to proceed from the Father and the Son. This is in contrast to the Eastern churches, which argue that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father. This issue has led to the filioque controversy and was a large question in the East-West schism. [5]

  6. Mark of the Christian - Wikipedia

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    In short, we are to practice and exhibit the holiness of God and the love of God, for without this we grieve the Holy Spirit. Love-and the unity it attests to-is the mark Christ gave Christians to wear before the world. Only with this mark may the world know that Christians are indeed Christians and that Jesus was sent by the Father.

  7. Matthew 12:31–32 - Wikipedia

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    (1 Pet. 4:8) And for that Christ forgives sins through the Holy Spirit, hence may be understood how, when He said to his disciples, Receive ye the Holy Spirit, (John 20:22) He subjoined straight, Whosesoever sins ye forgive, they shall be forgiven them. [3] Chrysostom: "Otherwise according to the first exposition. The Jews were indeed ignorant ...

  8. Holy Spirit - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Assurance (theology) - Wikipedia

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    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.