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Paraclete
The Paraclete is a title used in the Gospel of John for the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus promised to send to his disciples after his departure. The term renders the Greek word parakletos.
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- Holy SpiritDoctrine & Theology
The Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit whom Christianity confesses, together with the Father and the Son, as one person of the triune God. An older English name is the Holy Ghost.
- MontanismHeresies & Cults
Montanism was a prophetic movement begun by Montanus in Phrygia, Asia Minor, in the late second century. It claimed that the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, was speaking anew through him, and the early church rejected it.
- John 15:26–27Bible Verses
In this passage Jesus says that the "Comforter" (Paraclete), "the Spirit of truth" whom he will send from the Father, will testify of him, and that the disciples will also bear witness. The text speaks of the witness of the Holy Spirit together with the witness of the church, and it served as a key proof text in the dispute between the Eastern and Western churches over the procession of the Holy Spirit.