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Recent decades have witnessed increased attention on the Holy Spirit, recognizing it as a critical component in Christian thought. While the volume of publications on the Spirit indicate that scholarly discussion about the Spirit is both creative and lively, it does sometimes appear to be diffused across the spectrum of contemporary theological thought. Nowhere does this scattering seem more...

dominical, way of thinking and speaking of what goes by so many names in the Old Testament. But while there is a definite consolidation of pneumatological reference, it is not exactly a consolidation of names. In fact, the New Testament actually expands our catalog of names, and does so more or less predictably, on the threefold lines suggested by the baptismal formula: Spirit of the Father, Spirit of the Son, Spirit of Jesus, Spirit of Christ, Spirit of adoption, and so on. The New Testament consolidation,
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