so like, what is the holy spirit?
the father i get, thats god. the son i get, thats jesus. but where does the holy spirit come from??? i asked a bunch of my christian friends in high school and the only good explanation i got was that it’s jesus’ ghost, and that the reason it still exists after he revived is bc he exists outside of time?? so he’s a time-traveling jesus force-ghost?? which doesn’t really make sense to me bc it seems kinda sci-fi-y. so like. what is the holy spirit?
arent they all the same thing depending on the sect?
Nobody fucking knows, just keep smiling and giving churches money
in my Religion, the holy Spirit is the Archangel Gabriel
The holy ghosts is the divine energy of God working through us when we are praying or being godly.
if noone prayed or was godly, would the holy ghost still exist? or does the holy ghost cause people to pray/be godly?
Yes because God exists. It motivates when you experience it.
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is it a specific community of christians or the community consisting of all christians? is it the abstract concept of the community itself or is it the material makeup of the community, ie the people and churches and ritual objects and whatnot, or maybe is it both? in what way is it god? what does it do?
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I’ve heard the Holy Spirit described as the love that binds the persons of the Trinity together. Like a lot of things in Christianity, the nature of the Trinity is kind of a mystery; most efforts to describe it in an analogy or even just using words end up accidentally doing heresy. Mostly we just have to confess that there is one God in three Persons, coequal, coeternal, consubstantial. I recommend the Creed of St. Athanasius; it’s rather painstaking but it covers basically all the important ground as far as Trinitarian theology goes.
If you’re asking what the Holy Spirit does, that’s a bit easier to answer. The Holy Spirit is God present in all people and all things, working for his Kingdom in Creation. He (the Spirit) is especially present in people when they’re praying through/with/in Christ or doing acts of mercy/charity. Christian prayer, properly described, is allowing the Holy Spirit to pray in us, rather than anything we do ourselves. Most Christians would confess that the Spirit is ultimately responsible for all virtuous deeds; since human beings are totally fallen, it requires the inspiration of God through the Holy Spirit for us to act rightly. It’s important to remember that all three Persons of the Trinity are present in the actions of all three, but that’s the special ‘charism’ of the Spirit as far as that goes.
Idk if that helps!
