Beginning with the Church Fathers and moving right through to the present day, The Holy Spirit offers a theologically informed, international collection of the most important texts relating to Christians′ understanding of the Holy Spirit.

List of Illustrations About the Authors Acknowledgments and Sources Introduction I: Late Twentieth-Century Questions: 1. You Wonder Where the Spirit Went: Robert W. Jenson (Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton) 2. Trinity: Richard Norris (Union Theological Seminary, New York) 3. Living into the Mystery of the Holy Trinity: Trinity, Prayer and Sexuality: Sarah Coakley (Cambridge University) 4. Word and Spirit: Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury) 5. Charismatic Experience: Church of England Doctrine Commission (Sarah Coakley) 6. Vatican Clarification on the Filioque: Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity 7. Matter and Spirit, or What is Pauline Participation in Christ? Stanley Stowers (Brown University) II: Syriac Resources: 8. from Hymn on Virginity, 7: Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 306-73) 9. [Eating Love]: Isaac of Nineveh (fl. ca. 680) 10. from The Holy Spirit in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition: Sebastian Brock (formerly of Oriental Institute, Oxford) III: Early Greek Resources: 11. from Catechetical Orations: Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313-386/7) 12. from Orations against the Arians: Athanasius of Alexandria (295-373) 13. from On the Holy Spirit: Basil of Caesarea (ca. 329-79) 14. from On Holy Baptism and On Pentecost: Gregory of Nazianzus (329-89) IV: Latin Resources: 15. Homily on the First Epistle of John: Augustine of Hippo (354-430) 16. Veni Spiritus Hymns 17. [The Holy Spirit Hovers over Baptism]: Rupert of Deutz (1075-1129) 18. Fourth Sermon for Palm Sunday: Guerric of Igny (1070/80-1157) 19. from Summa Theologica: Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) V: German Resources: 20. from The Last Words of David: Martin Luther (1483-1546) 21. from Mysterium Paschale: Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) 22. from The Trinity and the Kingdom: Jurgen Moltmann (Tubingen and Emory University) VI: Russian and Romanian Resources: 23. from The Comforter: Pavel Florensky (1882-1937) 24. Redemption and Deification: Vladimir Lossky (1903-58) 25. from Trinitarian Relations and the Life of the Church: Dumitru Staniloae (1903-93) VII: Mystical Resources: 26. from The Discourses: Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) 27. from The Spiritual Espousals: John Ruusbroec (1293-1381) 28. from The Inhalation of the Air: St John of the Cross (1542-91) 29. [The Spirit as Bride]: Matthias Scheeben (1835-88) 30. from Prayer in the Trinity: Adrienne von Speyr (1902-67) VIII: Late Twentieth-Century Applications: 31. from How the Spirit Reads and How to Read the Spirit: Stephen E. Fowl (Loyola University) 32. from The Epistemic Role of the Spirit: Bruce D. Marshall (Southern Methodist University) Further Reading Scripture Index General Index