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
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patristic text → theological treatise → |
| addressesDoctrine |
Trinitarian doctrine
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pneumatology → |
| aim |
to demonstrate the Holy Spirit’s full divinity
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to show the Holy Spirit as a distinct divine person → |
| approximateDate | late 4th century → |
| associatedWithSaint | Ambrose of Milan → |
| audience |
Christian clergy
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educated laity → |
| author | Ambrose of Milan → |
| circulation | patristic Latin corpus → |
| ecclesiasticalContext |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form: "Latin Church"
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| fieldOfStudy |
historical theology
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systematic theology → |
| genre |
dogmatic theology
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polemical theology → |
| historicalCategory | patristic pneumatology → |
| influenced |
later Latin pneumatology
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medieval Trinitarian theology → |
| influencedBy |
Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century
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surface form: "Arian controversy"
First Council of Nicaea →
surface form: "Council of Nicaea"
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| keyConcept |
Trinitarian equality
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consubstantiality → divine personhood of the Holy Spirit → |
| languageFamily | Italic languages → |
| literaryForm | prose → |
| mainTopic |
God the Holy Spirit
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surface form: "Holy Spirit"
Trinity → divinity of the Holy Spirit → personhood of the Holy Spirit → |
| method |
scriptural exegesis
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theological argumentation → |
| originalLanguage | Latin → |
| placeOfComposition | Milan → |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition → |
| readIn |
Catholic theology
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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
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refutation of subordinationist views of the Holy Spirit → |
| theologicalOrientation | pro-Nicene theology → |
| timePeriod | 4th century → |
| tradition | Western Christian theology → |
| usesSource |
Holy Scripture
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Nicene Creed → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "On the Holy Spirit"
this entity surface form: "On the Holy Spirit"