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      • The Gospels of Matthew and Luke and the Nicene Creed state that Jesus was "conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary ". The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus like a dove during his baptism, and in his Farewell Discourse after the Last Supper, Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to his disciples after his departure.
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  1. Oct 7, 2020 · The earliest Christians – all of whom were Jews – spoke of the Holy Spirit as a feminine figure. The present article discusses the main proof texts, ranging from the ‘Gospel according to the Hebrews’ to a number of testimonies from the second century. The ancient tradition was, in particular, kept alive in East and West Syria, up to and ...

  2. Sep 12, 2022 · Jesus described the Father as being like a woman in search of a lost coin in Luke 15 (and Himself as a "mother hen" in Matthew 23:37). In Genesis 1:26-27 God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness," and then "God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them."

  3. According to them, there is good evidence that the early church and Jesus referred to the Holy Spirit as Mother. This feminine metaphor for the Holy Spirit was edited right out of Christian texts during the age of Constantine. Yet until about the end of the fourth century, She was there.

  4. Feb 14, 2021 · In the original Aramaic New Testament manuscripts, which is the language Jesus spoke, Holy Spirit is also female. So we have a clear foundation of Holy Spirit being female, but this concept becomes muddied when we go to the Greek which are the primary manuscripts for English translations.

    • Brandon Bayer
  5. Aug 19, 2016 · One of these Jewish Christian features is the concept of the Holy Spirit as feminine. Although the Shepherd of Hermas (now generally classified as one of the ‘Apostolic Fathers’) uses the word ‘spirit’ in a variety of ways, in several cases ‘spirit’ appears to mean ‘Holy Spirit’.

    • Johannes van Oort
    • 2016
  6. Women reflect the female image of God here on earth. Specifically, women reflect the divine image of the Holy Spirit. But if the Holy Spirit is female, why does Jesus call the Spirit “he”? In this study we will question the validity of calling the Spirit “he.” Foundational Teachings

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  8. These two sayings do not identify the Holy Spirit as the mothering vehicle of Jesus, but more than one scholar has interpreted them to mean that the maternal Holy Spirit is intended. So far in Western traditional theology, the voices advocating a feminine Holy Spirit are scattered and subtle.

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