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A Holy Ghost hole in the center of a fresco with a latticework covering and a dove figure, Parish church of Wiesing. A Holy Ghost hole, or Holy Spirit hole, is a circular opening in the ceiling of a church which symbolises the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The openings are often used for liturgical performances.
Unlike the Roman Catholic Church and Western Christianity in general, the Orthodox Church does not espouse the use of the Filioque ("and the Son") in describing the procession of the Holy Spirit. Filioque was mentioned for the first time at the Third Council of Toledo in 589 and it was added by the Roman Catholic Church to the Credo in the 11th ...
Lastly, since God is a spirit, it is held that the Holy Spirit should not be understood as a distinct person but rather should be understood as the one God who is a person in action in the world. Modalistic Monarchianism is closely related to Sabellianism and Patripassianism , two ancient theologies condemned as heresy in the Great Church and ...
Congregation of the Holy Spirit (C.S.Sp.), also known as the Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers; Daughters of the Holy Spirit, a worldwide order of nuns dedicated to education; Sisters of the Holy Ghost (Dubuque), a congregation founded in 1890, by the Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, John Hennessey; Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, the ...
The church in Jawor, dedicated to the Holy Ghost is 43.5-metre (143 ft) long, 14-metre (46 ft) wide and 15.7-metre (52 ft) high and has capacity of 5,500. It was constructed by architect Albrecht von Saebisch (1610–1688) from Wroclaw (then German Breslau ) and was finished a year later in 1655.
The gift of the Holy Ghost is considered the fourth of the "first principles and ordinances of the Gospel": First being "Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost". [2] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...
Holy Ghost Catholic Church, also known as Holy Ghost Mission, is an historic octagon-shaped Roman Catholic church building on the island of Maui, located at 4300 Lower Kula Road in Waiakoa in the Kula district.
This was a cycle of canvases for the church of Our Lady of the Rocks, opposite Perast, based on instructions of Andrija Zmajević. [1] The lower series of paintings depicts prophets and sibyls; above these are the Presentation of the Virgin, the Death of the Virgin and the Descent of the Holy Ghost. Above the arch is the Coronation of the Virgin.