Teacher of holiness

About this book

This book explores Origen's understanding of the multiplicity of spirits found in the Scriptures, with particular emphasis on the Holy Spirit, the loftiest of all spirit-beings, who emerges as the unique pedagogical center of Origen's Spirit-School. As such, the Spirit is pivoltal to God's outreach into the world, necessarily involved in the human soul of Jesus Christ and in that of every human being being healed by Jesus. Interpreted though the scriptural language of Cherub, Ring, and Teacher, the Holy Spirit is the sign both of God's love and of human love and the mutual edification of the Christian community. Origen's pneumatology serves an an inspiration for theologicans today, who seek to integrate the Holy Spirit fully into their work, rather than just paying lip-service to the Spirit's person and action. --Book cover.