Jesus Christ, Holder and Giver of the Holy Spirit in the Theology of Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Jesus Christ, Holder and Giver of the Holy Spirit in the Theology of Saint Cyril of Alexandria

Summary/Abstract: Developing the teaching of the Church Fathers before him, Saint Cyril of Alexandria remains, in the tradition and life of the Church, the great Father who deepened the teaching of the Church in a vast majority of its chapters, such as the indissoluble connection between Christ and the Holy Spirit in which Christ is the Holder and Giver of the Holy Spirit. On the basis of the Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition, he highlights that the passages where the Scripture speaks of the Spirit descending upon Christ are about the descent over Christ as person. But it is not only at Baptism that the Spirit descends upon Him as person, it is also at conception. As God, He possesses the Spirit for eternity, being consubstantial with It. Christ is the One who gives and receives It, presenting It as the Word of God and receiving It as a person. The descent of the Spirit on Christ means the steadfast and unchanged remaining and rest of the Spirit upon Christ’s humanity and, through it, upon the whole humanity.

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