Holy Spirit
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- (Christian) One of the three distinct Persons or Hypostases of the Holy Trinity, the others being God the Father and God the Son (Jesus). This expression has superseded the term Holy Ghost in many Christian denominations and Bible translations.
- 1731, Alexander Campbell [ed.], The Millennial Harbinger, volume 2, “Dialogue on the Holy Spirit”, page 553
- The Holy Spirit is now the Spirit of Christ as it was once known by the title of the Spirit of God.
- 1731, Alexander Campbell [ed.], The Millennial Harbinger, volume 2, “Dialogue on the Holy Spirit”, page 553
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one of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity
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