Ep. 5: God The Spirit

In this episode, Robert argues the Biblical case for the existence of the Holy Spirit.

Extra Info:

The biblical summaries Robert quoted from St. Athanasius (AD 298-374) can be found below. The entire work is worth scanning for interest if time allows. Left column is your contents, middle column is English translation, and right column is Greek.

• OT references: https://catholiclibrary.org/library/view?docId=/Synchronized-EN/npnf.Athanasius.EpistlestoSerapion.en.html;chunk.id=00000013
• NT references: https://catholiclibrary.org/library/view?docId=/Synchronized-EN/npnf.Athanasius.EpistlestoSerapion.en.html;chunk.id=00000015

Athanasius’ influence in early Christianity cannot be overstated. More about him can be found here: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/Athanasius. His most famous work, On the Incarnation, is available in several places:

• Here is a trustworthy English translation with an introduction by C. S. Lewis: https://a.co/d/ise5AD4.
• Here is an online version: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2802.htm.

Regarding the issue of how the earliest Christians made sense of Jesus with only the Old Testament as their reference, here are a couple of books that might be of interest:

• Philip Yancey, The Bible Jesus Read: https://a.co/d/1d5RypE
• R. T. France, Jesus and the Old Testament: https://a.co/d/6M1ZyMu

If you really want to read more about the Pneumatomachians, who argued against the divinity of the Spirit between the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) and the follow-up Council of Constantinople (AD 381), here is some background: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12174a.htm. Finally, the small book Robert brought by Basil of Caesarea (AD 330-379), On the Holy Spirit, is also available in several places. This was the statement that ended the controversy over the Holy Spirit once and for all.

• Hard copy: https://a.co/d/dzie0Ws
• Online: https://a.co/d/dzie0Ws