Editing Holy Spirit (section)

=== Christianity ===
{{Main|Holy Spirit in Christianity}}
For the large majority of [[Christians]], the Holy Spirit (or [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Ghost]], from Old English {{Lang|ang|gast}}, "spirit") is the third<ref name="Emery2011">{{cite book|author=Gilles Emery|title=The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjnangEACAAJ|year=2011|publisher=Catholic University of America Press|isbn=978-0-8132-1864-9}}</ref> person of the Trinity: The "Triune God" manifested as [[God the Father|Father]], [[God the Son|Son]], and Holy Spirit; each Person being God.<ref name="Erickson103">{{cite book |first1 = Millard J. |last1 = Erickson |year = 1992 |title = Introducing Christian Doctrine |publisher = Baker Book House |page = 103 }}</ref><ref name="Hammond">{{cite book |first1 = T. C. |last1 = Hammond |editor1-first = David F. |editor1-last = Wright |year = 1968 |title = In Understanding be Men: A Handbook of Christian Doctrine |edition = 6th |publisher = [[Inter-Varsity Press]] |pages = 54–56, 128–131 }}</ref><ref name="Systematic_theology">Grudem, Wayne A. (1994). ''Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine.'' Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press; Grand Rapids, MI: [[Zondervan]]. p. 226.</ref> Two symbols from the New Testament canon are associated with the Holy Spirit in Christian [[iconography]]: a winged dove, and tongues of fire.<ref name="Luke 3:22, NIV">''Bible'', Luke 3:22, NIV</ref><ref>''Bible'', Acts 2:3, NIV</ref> Each depiction of the Holy Spirit arose from different accounts in the [[Gospel]] narratives; the first being at the [[baptism of Jesus]] in the [[Jordan River]] where the Holy Spirit was said to descend in the form of a dove as the voice of God the Father spoke as described in [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]];<ref name="Luke 3:22, NIV"/> the second being from the day of [[Pentecost]], fifty days after [[Passover]] where the descent of the Holy Spirit came upon the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] and other followers of [[Jesus Christ]], as tongues of fire as described in the [[Acts of the Apostles]],<ref>''Bible'',  {{bibleverse||Acts|2:1–31}}</ref> as promised by Jesus in his farewell discourse.<ref>''Bible'', [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jn+14-17&version=NRSV John 14-16]</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The descent of the Dove : a short history of the Holy Spirit in the church|last=Williams|first=Charles|publisher=Faber|year=1950|location=London}}</ref> 
Called "the unveiled [[theophany|epiphany of God]]",<ref>{{cite book |last=Kasemann|first=Ernst|date=1960|title=The Beginnings of Christian Theology|trans-title=W.J. Montague, New Testament Questions of Today|language=de|publisher=Philadelphia: Fortress|isbn=978-1-316-61990-2}}</ref> the Holy Spirit is the One who empowers the followers of Jesus with spiritual gifts<ref>''Bible'', I Corinthians 13:4-11, NIV</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The Holy Spirit and power|last=Wesley|first=John|page=107|date=2003|publisher=Bridge-Logos|others=Keefauver, Larry., Weakley, Clare G.|isbn=088270947X|edition=[Rev. and updated ed.]|location=Gainesville, Fla.|oclc=53143450}}</ref> and power<ref>''Bible'' [[Acts 1:8]]</ref><ref>Johnson, Bill. ''When Heaven Invades Earth''. Destiny Image, 2005</ref> that enables the proclamation of Jesus Christ, and the power that brings conviction of faith.<ref>Fee, Gordon D. (1994). "God's empowering presence: the Holy Spirit in the letters of Paul." Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson.</ref>

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File:Spiritus Sanctus.jpg|Depiction of the Christian Holy Spirit [[Doves as symbols|as a dove]], by [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]], in the [[apse]] of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]]
File:Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-English.svg|A depiction of the Trinity consisting of [[Holy Spirit (Christianity)|God the Holy Spirit]] along with God the Father and God the Son
File:Абраз "Сашэсце Святога Духа".JPG|Pentecost icon depicting the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary in the form of tongues of flame above their heads
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