Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
beyond personality
English answer:
yet without personality
Added to glossary by
Christopher Crockett
Jul 22, 2009 12:46
14 yrs ago
English term
beyond personality
English
Art/Literary
Religion
The Spirit comes to us himself. We do not receive some of him or need a topping-up from time to time. Scripture never talks about some Holy Spirit or more Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost each person received the Holy Spirit – not just a little bit of him. He is the third Person of the Trinity – ***beyond personality***, in fact – and he is the one we are given. Similarly, we are promised Christ’s presence wherever we meet in his name. He is there – not just a foot or finger but, by his infinite omnipresence, his full being.
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Jul 29, 2009 13:09: Christopher Crockett Created KOG entry
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Christopher Crockett
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yet without personality
Note the play on the repetition of "person...personality".
"He is the third *Person* of the Trinity, yet he is without *personality*."
Referring to the Holy Spirit as "he" strikes me as a bit strange... especially if "he" is beyond personality.
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-07-22 13:21:48 GMT)
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By convention, the "He"s and "His"es in the last two sentences of your text should be capitalized, since the antecedent of the pronoun is the Second Person of the Trinity.
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Note added at 5 days (2009-07-27 13:45:16 GMT)
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Here's the OED:
PERSONALITY
I. Personal nature or quality; an instance of this.
1. a. The quality, character, or fact of being a person, as distinct from an animal, thing, or abstraction; the quality which makes a being human. Obs.
3. a. A person, esp. one considered as the possessor of individual characteristics or qualities. Also: a being resembling or having the nature of a person, esp. by having self-awareness or consciousness.
The Holy Spirit, third "Person" of the Trinity, is without "The quality, character, or fact of being a person."
"He is the third *Person* of the Trinity, yet he is without *personality*."
Referring to the Holy Spirit as "he" strikes me as a bit strange... especially if "he" is beyond personality.
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-07-22 13:21:48 GMT)
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By convention, the "He"s and "His"es in the last two sentences of your text should be capitalized, since the antecedent of the pronoun is the Second Person of the Trinity.
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Note added at 5 days (2009-07-27 13:45:16 GMT)
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Here's the OED:
PERSONALITY
I. Personal nature or quality; an instance of this.
1. a. The quality, character, or fact of being a person, as distinct from an animal, thing, or abstraction; the quality which makes a being human. Obs.
3. a. A person, esp. one considered as the possessor of individual characteristics or qualities. Also: a being resembling or having the nature of a person, esp. by having self-awareness or consciousness.
The Holy Spirit, third "Person" of the Trinity, is without "The quality, character, or fact of being a person."
Note from asker:
| what is it meant by "personality"? The condition of being a person, or the qualities of character of a person? |
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Alexander Ryshow
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transcendent(al)
otherworldly
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beyond the existence as a human being
I believe the Holy Spirit (or the Holy Ghost) is the third person of the Trinity besides the Father and the Son. The holy Spirit is thought to be part of God which forms us as a human being.
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Egil Presttun
: The Holy Spirit is not a person.
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Thank you Egil for you comment.
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Christopher Crockett
: Well, Egil, the Holy Spirit is a "person" --as Ana's text says-- but it/he is a "Person."
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Thank you Christopher
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transcending the limits of our human condition
The idea is that the Holy Spirit comes to us entire, and brings with it a dimension that transcends anything that we can conceive of as human.
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