Quiz about basic knowledge of Christianity

The Holy Spirit is the name of one of the Persons of the Blessed Trinity. In addition, this name can also be used to the grace of the Holy Spirit - the work of God directed into the world, flowing from the Father through the Son and manifested in the Holy Spirit. But even in this second variant, the term "Holy Spirit" points to God, since the divine action (divine energy, grace) is inseparable from the divine essence and the name "God" is applicable to it.

"Scripture repeatedly teaches about God: "God is Spirit (Jn. 4:24); 'The Lord is the Spirit (2Cor.3:17)'." "Your incorruptible Spirit abides in all things" (Wis.12:1); "The Spirit of the Lord fills the universe and, as one who encompasses all things, knows every word (Wis.1:7)," Solomon instructs. David praises the Spirit of God: "Where shall I go from Thy Spirit, and from Thy face where shall I flee? Whether I ascend into heaven, You are there; whether I descend into the underworld, You are there (Psalm 138).

What does the word "Spirit" mean? Why does God reveal Himself as a wholly Spiritual Being? Explaining the reason why God Himself called Himself Spirit, the holy fathers point out that the name "Spirit" is called to distinguish between the uncreated and the created nature, to draw an impassable boundary between the nature of God and the nature of the world created by Him. If the nature of God is entirely incorporeal, immaterial, uncomplicated, simple, then the world He created, on the contrary, is corporeal, material and complex. If the nature of the world is subject to the properties of space and the substance invariably associated with it, the nature of God is entirely free from the bonds of space and substance."

S.V. Posadsky. The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity