We Believe in the Holy Spirit

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We Believe in the Holy Spirit Joey Alge Grace Anglican Community Katy, TX 5/3/2020 Outline ● Recap from week 1 ○ Who is the Holy Spirit? ○ Trinitarian Theology ● The Filioque Clause ● Worshiping and Glorifying the Holy Spirit

Who is the Holy Spirit? ● Third person of the Trinity • Co-equal • Co-eternal • Distinct from God the Father and God the Son • Of one essence with God the Father and God and the Son • Of one mind and mission with God the Father and God the Son One Mission of the Trinity: Ephesians 1:1-14 ● “In love he [God the Father] predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ [God the Son], according to the purpose of his will.” Ephesians 1:4-5 ● In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-14 God the Father ordained our salvation through God the Son by the power of the God the Holy Spirit. The Athanasian Creed: 5th Century AD ● “We worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance” ● “But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is all one, the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal.” ● “And in this Trinity, none if afore, or after other, none is greater, or less than another; But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal.”

“He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.”

The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1571) I. OF FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY

There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

“We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.” The Nicene Creed The Filioque Clause “We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]...”

● “And the Son” is not part of the original Nicene creed. ● 864 AD: Condemned by the Eastern Church (Constantinople) ● 1014 AD: Officially adopted by the Western Church (Rome) ● 1054 AD: Great schism between the Western and Eastern Church The Filioque Clause and Scripture “I will ask the Father, and he [God the Father] will give you another Helper…” John 14:16 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name…” John 14:26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” John 15:26 “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.” John 16:7

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb, through the middle of the street of of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Revelation 22:1-2

The Filioque Clause: Why does it matter? ● The importance of the plain reading of Scripture ● Richard Hooker’s Anglican Understanding of Authority ○ Tradition vs. Scripture ○ Reason ● A template for church (dis)unity

Worshiping and Glorifying the Holy Spirit “We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.” The Nicene Creed The Holy Spirit: Worshiped and Glorified ● Worshiped AND glorified: συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον ● Worshiped: συμπροσκυνούμενον ○ συμ (sym): together- with the Father and the Son ○ προσκυνέω (proskynéō): to kiss the hand; to kneel or prostrate in obeisance, in order to show respect or make a supplication ● Glorified: συνδοξαζόμενον ○ συμ (sym): together- with the Father and the Son ○ δοξάζω (doxázō): to honor, to magnify, to praise, to extol The Holy Spirit: Worshiped and Glorified ● Worshiped AND glorified: συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον ● Worshiped: συμπροσκυνούμενον ○ συμ (sym): together- with the Father and the Son ○ προσκυνέω (proskynéō): to kiss the hand; to kneel or prostrate as a show of respect or to make a supplication ● Glorified: συνδοξαζόμενον ○ συμ (sym): together- with the Father and the Son ○ δοξάζω (doxázō): to honor, to magnify, to praise, to extol

The Holy Spirit: Worshiped and Glorified ● Worshiped AND glorified: συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον ● Worshiped: συμπροσκυνούμενον ○ συμ (sym): together- with the Father and the Son ○ προσκυνέω (proskynéō): to kiss the hand; to kneel or prostrate as a show of respect or to make a supplication ● Glorified: συνδοξαζόμενον ○ συμ (sym): together- with the Father and the Son ○ δοξάζω (doxázō): to honor, to magnify, to praise, to extol The Holy Spirit: Worshiped and Glorified ● Worshiped AND glorified: συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον ● Personal vs. Public ○ Worship of the Holy Spirit is personal. ○ Glorification of the Holy Spirit is public. How do we worship and glorify the Holy Spirit?

How do we glorify the Holy Spirit? ● In Song ○ “Holy Spirit” ○ “Spirit of the Living God” ○ “Spirit Fall” ● In Art ○ Iconography, stained glass, illustrated Bibles,

How do we glorify the Holy Spirit? ● In Liturgy: Eucharist

How do we glorify the Holy Spirit? ● In Liturgy: Baptism

How do we worship the Holy Spirit? ● Pray Trinitarian prayers. ● Invite the Holy Spirit to help you. ○ Allow him to free you (Romans 8:1-2) ○ Allow him to speak to you. (John 16:13) ○ Allow him to lead you… keep in step with the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:14; Galatians 5:16-25) ○ Live in the power of the Holy Spirit. (2 Timothy 1:7) ○ Be a witness. Tell someone about Jesus. (Acts 1:8) One Final Thought: The Importance of Community Soli Deo gloria!