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Julio · 05-24-2009, 06:09 AM

Can I next ask this rather [im]pertinent question to perhaps help us understand this "holy being" thing named "Holy Spirit"?
When is this "spirit" inferred as a "person / deity" for the first time in the Bible?
I was taught in Bible School that there isn't once in the so-called [inexistent] "original autographs" where "holy spirit" is written with capital initials - neither in the uncials [all capitals] nor in the cursives.
Is this really true?
By the way, I think that in the Aleph MS and others "holy spirit" is shorted to "hs"; rarely if any time in full.

Clivedurdle · 05-24-2009, 08:34 AM

Wasn't this Newton's point? The trinity is not biblical - maybe Holy Spirit isn't either. Is the Holy Spirit in the New Testament like finding a rabbit in the cretaceous?

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05-24-2009, 06:09 AM	#11
Julio Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Johannesburg Posts: 5,187	Can I next ask this rather [im]pertinent question to perhaps help us understand this "holy being" thing named "Holy Spirit"? When is this "spirit" inferred as a "person / deity" for the first time in the Bible? I was taught in Bible School that there isn't once in the so-called [inexistent] "original autographs" where "holy spirit" is written with capital initials - neither in the uncials [all capitals] nor in the cursives. Is this really true? By the way, I think that in the Aleph MS and others "holy spirit" is shorted to "hs"; rarely if any time in full.

05-24-2009, 08:34 AM	#12
Clivedurdle Contributor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London UK Posts: 16,024	Wasn't this Newton's point? The trinity is not biblical - maybe Holy Spirit isn't either. Is the Holy Spirit in the New Testament like finding a rabbit in the cretaceous?

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