pneumatology
- noun
- /njuːˌmætəˈlɑːdʒi/
- Formal
- The study of pneumatology reveals various perspectives on the nature of the Holy Spirit.
- pneumatology and Christology
- Augustine's pneumatology
- Pneumatology as the theological
Examples
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As a result, the focus of Pneumatology falls on "spirit" as a term of divine essence rather than a divine person.
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Thus, pneumatology will become, in such a systematic theology, the source of much of Christology and eschatology.
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The implications of this proposal for a scientific Pneumatology have yet to be explored.
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Still, this mariological move to Pneumatology does not solve the gender problem.
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By pneumatology, I mean something other than a simple dogmatic theology of the third person.
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However, there is no freestanding Pneumatology or Christology.
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Manning's approach, nonetheless, was representative of most Roman Catholic pneumatology in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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An integration of creation in this symmetry event is one of the foremost tasks of Pneumatology.
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Augustine follows this logic not to the detriment of his Pneumatology, but in recognition of an established order.
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"The health of pneumatology is in Christology," as Yves Congar wrote.
Academic text (2005)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pneumatology comes from the Greek root pneuma meaning 'breath' or 'spirit' and the ending -logy meaning 'study', like in biology. So, pneumatology is literally the 'study of the Spirit', which is why it is used for the study of the Holy Spirit in theology.