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Pneuma (Spirit)

This page treats the philosophical concept of pneuma, and particularly the nature of the human spirit. Other pages treat God the Holy Spirit and created non-human spirits.

Every uttered word involves a puff of breath (pneuma), which at the moment of utterance becomes the articulate word:

St. John Damascene, Fid. Orth, i. 7;

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;

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