Editing Holy Spirit (section)

=== Baháʼí Faith ===
{{Main|Maid of Heaven}}
The [[Baháʼí Faith]] has the concept of the ''Most Great Spirit'', seen as the bounty of [[God]].<ref name="saq">{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |author-link = `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1981 |title = Some Answered Questions |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |isbn = 0-87743-190-6 |chapter-url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAQ/saq-25.html |chapter = The Holy Spirit |pages = 108–109 |orig-year = 1904–06 }}</ref> It is usually used to describe the descent of the Spirit of God upon the [[Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)|messengers/prophets of God]] who include, among others, Jesus, [[Muhammad]] and [[Bahá'u'lláh]].<ref name="rob1">{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = Adib |author-link = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 1976 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853–63 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |isbn = 0-85398-270-8 |page = 10 |url = http://www.peyman.info/cl/Baha%27i/Others/ROB/V1/p007-011Ch01.html?back=%3C }}</ref>

In Baháʼí belief, the Holy Spirit is the [[Conduit (spiritualism)|conduit]] through which the wisdom of God becomes directly associated with his messenger, and it has been described variously in different religions such as the [[burning bush]] to Moses, the [[Atar|sacred fire]] to Zoroaster, [[Baptism of Jesus|the dove]] to Jesus, the angel Gabriel to Muhammad, and the [[Maid of Heaven]] to Bahá'u'lláh (founder of the Baháʼí Faith).<ref name="abdo">{{cite journal |journal = Baháʼí Studies Review |volume = 4 |issue = 1 |year = 1994 |title = Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Baháʼí and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles |url = http://bahai-library.com/abdo_female_holy-spirit |first = Lil |last = Abdo }}</ref> The Baháʼí view rejects the idea that the Holy Spirit is a partner to God in the Godhead, but rather is the pure essence of God's attributes.<ref name="saq2">{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |author-link = `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1981 |title = Some Answered Questions |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |isbn = 0-87743-190-6 |chapter-url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAQ/saq-27.html |chapter = The Trinity |pages = 113–115 |orig-year = 1904–06 }}</ref>