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pneumatology

pneumatology

9.9
Study of spiritual beings and the Holy Spirit in religion
  • noun
  • /njuːˌmætəˈlɑːdʒi/
  • Formal
: neumatología
  • 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

  • As a result, the focus of Pneumatology falls on "spirit" as a term of divine essence rather than a divine person.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Thus, pneumatology will become, in such a systematic theology, the source of much of Christology and eschatology.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The implications of this proposal for a scientific Pneumatology have yet to be explored.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Still, this mariological move to Pneumatology does not solve the gender problem.

    Academic text (2005)
  • By pneumatology, I mean something other than a simple dogmatic theology of the third person.

    Academic text (2001)
  • However, there is no freestanding Pneumatology or Christology.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Manning's approach, nonetheless, was representative of most Roman Catholic pneumatology in the late 19th and early 20th century.

    Academic text (2001)
  • An integration of creation in this symmetry event is one of the foremost tasks of Pneumatology.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Augustine follows this logic not to the detriment of his Pneumatology, but in recognition of an established order.

    Academic text (2007)
  • "The health of pneumatology is in Christology," as Yves Congar wrote.

    Academic text (2005)

Surface Forms

pneumatology singular

Morphology

pneumatology = pneuma (opaque) = pneumat + ology

This is a learned Greek formation built on the classical base 'pneuma' plus the scholarly ending '-ology', but the base is not transparent to most learners.

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.