De Spiritu Sancto

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De Spiritu Sancto is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that systematically defends and explains the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within the Christian Trinity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological work
patristic text
theological treatise
addressesDoctrine Trinitarian doctrine
pneumatology
aim to demonstrate the Holy Spirit’s full divinity
to show the Holy Spirit as a distinct divine person
approximateDate late 4th century
associatedWithSaint Ambrose of Milan
audience Christian clergy
educated laity
author Ambrose of Milan
circulation patristic Latin corpus
ecclesiasticalContext Latin Church worldwide
surface form: "Latin Church"
fieldOfStudy historical theology
systematic theology
genre dogmatic theology
polemical theology
historicalCategory patristic pneumatology
influenced later Latin pneumatology
medieval Trinitarian theology
influencedBy Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century
surface form: "Arian controversy"

First Council of Nicaea
surface form: "Council of Nicaea"
keyConcept Trinitarian equality
consubstantiality
divine personhood of the Holy Spirit
languageFamily Italic languages
literaryForm prose
mainTopic God the Holy Spirit
surface form: "Holy Spirit"

Trinity
divinity of the Holy Spirit
personhood of the Holy Spirit
method scriptural exegesis
theological argumentation
originalLanguage Latin
placeOfComposition Milan
preservedIn manuscript tradition
readIn Catholic theology
Protestant historical theology
religiousDenomination Nicene Christianity
religiousTradition Christianity
statusInChurch respected doctrinal source
structure multi-book treatise
theologicalConcern defense of the Holy Spirit’s consubstantiality with the Father and the Son
refutation of subordinationist views of the Holy Spirit
theologicalOrientation pro-Nicene theology
timePeriod 4th century
tradition Western Christian theology
usesSource Holy Scripture
Nicene Creed

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ambrose of Milan notableWork De Spiritu Sancto
Aurelius Ambrosius notableWork De Spiritu Sancto
Gregory of Nyssa notableWork De Spiritu Sancto
this entity surface form: "On the Holy Spirit"
Basil of Caesarea workAuthored De Spiritu Sancto
this entity surface form: "On the Holy Spirit"

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