• The Spirit is a Person:
  • He is "sent" from the Father:
    • Psalm 103(104):30;
    • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 7;
• Never was the Father at any time lacking in the Word, nor the Word in the Spirit.
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 7
• The Holy Spirit knows the things of God, and is God:
  • 1 Cor. 2:11;
  • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 1;
• The Holy Spirit (together with the Father and the Son) creates the universe:
  • Ps. 32(33):6; 103(104):30; Job 33:4;
• Comparison to human spirit:
  • The Holy Spirit is not something external to the Father, like inhaled air:
    • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 7;
  • The Holy Spirit is not something impersonal, like inhaled air:
    • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 7;
  • Nevertheless, the Word must possess Spirit:
    • St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 7;
• The purpose of Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit:
  • St. Seraphim of Sarov, Conversation with Motovilov;
• It is the Holy Spirit Who gives life to otherwise-dead "good works":
  • St. Seraphim of Sarov, Conversation with Motovilov;

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