What is the Holy Spirit in the Trinity?

For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. As such he is personal and also fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and Son of God.
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What Holy Spirit means?

Definition of Holy Spirit

the presence of God as part of a person's religious experience: I felt the Holy Spirit in the room with me, leading and guiding me in prayer. Christianity. Also called Holy Ghost . the third person of the Trinity: I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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What is the difference between God the Father Son and Holy Spirit?

As stated in the Athanasian Creed, the Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated, and the Holy Spirit is uncreated, and all three are eternal without beginning. "The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" are not names for different parts of God, but one name for God because three persons exist in God as one entity.
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What is the function of the Holy Spirit?

He is the source of personal testimony and revelation. He can guide us in our decisions and protect us from physical and spiritual danger. He is known as the Comforter, and He can calm our fears and fill us with hope. Through His power, we are sanctified as we repent, receive saving ordinances, and keep our covenants.
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Which part of the Holy Trinity represents the Spirit of God?

Humanity met God in three different forms: God the Father: revealed by the Old Testament to be Creator, Lord, Father and Judge. God the Son: who had lived on earth amongst human beings. God the Holy Spirit: who filled them with new life and power.
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What is the Holy Spirit called?

Holy Spirit, also called Paraclete or Holy Ghost, in Christian belief, the third person of the Trinity.
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Is the Holy Spirit the Third person of the Trinity?

Holy Spirit: Third Person of the Trinity.
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How do we receive the Holy Spirit?

The path to receiving the Holy Ghost is to exercise faith in Christ unto repentance. We can become clean through qualifying for the effects of the Savior's Atonement. The covenants offered in baptism by authorized servants of God bring that cleansing.
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How do we experience Holy Spirit?

If you want to be open to the Holy Spirit, it's often useful to pray and meditate in a quiet place. You can also feel the Holy Spirit when you pray and read the Bible and the Book of Mormon. When you take time to study God's words, you show Him that you truly want to know Him and learn from Him.
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How does the Holy Spirit speak to us?

Nephi explained it this way: “Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Nephi 32:3).
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How do you explain the Trinity?

Trinity, in Christian doctrine, the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. The doctrine of the Trinity is considered to be one of the central Christian affirmations about God.
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Is the Father Son and Holy Ghost one?

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us” (John 17:20–21). It is that perfect unity among the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost that binds these three into the oneness of the divine Godhead.
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Where in the Bible does it say the Holy Spirit is a person?

In Jesus' farewell message in the Gospel of John Chapters 14 through 16, Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit as if He is speaking of a personal friend. He refers to Him as that One (Greek: ekeinos) using the masculine personal pronoun.
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What is the Holy Spirit and why do we need it?

The Holy Ghost helps us avoid temptations and helps us stay clean from sin. The Holy Ghost warns us so we can stay safe from danger. He comforts us and leads us through challenges. We need to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost to travel safely through life.
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What is the difference between the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost?

Unlike the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Ghost does not fill the universe and cannot be personally present everywhere at the same time; however, his power and influence, through the Light of Christ, can be manifest at the same time throughout all the immensity of space.
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What are the characteristics of the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit produces behavior traits that are representative of Jesus. The apostle Paul referred to these characteristics as the fruit of the Spirit. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23, NLT).
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Where does the Holy Spirit come from?

The Holy Spirit is referred to as the Lord and Giver of Life in the Nicene creed. He is the Creator Spirit, present before the creation of the universe and through his power everything was made in Jesus Christ, by God the Father.
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Why did God send the Holy Spirit?

Jesus promised us that after He had died, risen again, and ascended to Heaven, God would send the Holy Spirit to live inside His people. Jesus knew that He would ascend back to Heaven. Once reunited in glory, Jesus would go to the Heavenly Father to send His Spirit.
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Is the Holy Spirit the same as Jesus?

The Holy Ghost may be considered Christ's “Spirit” in the sense that the Holy Ghost “beareth record” of the Savior and of his doctrine, which is “the doctrine which the Father hath given” to his Son (3 Ne. 11:32).
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What is the name of the second person in the Trinity?

God the Son (Greek: Θεὸς ὁ υἱός, Latin: Deus Filius) is the second person of the Trinity in Christian theology.
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Who is the third person in the Bible?

The use of the third person to refer to oneself, technically known as “illeism,” is heard only occasionally today. Yet, this phenomenon occurs frequently in the Bible and, in the vast majority of its use in direct discourse (over 80 percent), it is used by Yahweh in the Old Testament (OT) and Jesus in the Gospels.
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