Letter to Serapion
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Letter to Serapion is a theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that defends the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within Trinitarian doctrine.
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| Letters of Athanasius | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
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patristic text ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| addresses | errors about the nature of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| affirms |
Holy Spirit as distinct person in the Trinity
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God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Spirit as true God
consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Council of Nicaea legacy ⓘ |
| audience | Serapion of Thmuis ⓘ |
| author | Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ |
| century | 4th century ⓘ |
| field |
dogmatic theology
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pneumatology ⓘ |
| genre | polemical theology ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Nicene controversies ⓘ |
| influenced |
doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Christian theology
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later Trinitarian theology ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
God the Holy Spirit
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Holy Spirit
Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ Trinity ⓘ divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ personhood of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| opposes |
Pneumatomachianism
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denial of the divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| partOf | Athanasius’s anti-heretical writings ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Alexandria, Egypt
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surface form:
Alexandria
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| preservedIn | patristic manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousLiteraryForm | epistolary treatise ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
historical theology
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patristics ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition |
Trinitarian
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pro-Nicene ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
distinction of persons in the Trinity
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relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son ⓘ unity of the Trinity ⓘ |
| tradition | Nicene Christianity ⓘ |
| uses |
Scriptural exegesis
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philosophical argumentation ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Athanasius of Alexandria
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surface form:
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria
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this entity surface form:
Letters of Athanasius