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Work #519 · Late

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

St. Basil of Caesarea (the Great)
c. 375 · Koine Greek
Theological treatise · Cappadocian patristic theology

Basil's c. 375 foundational pneumatological treatise — defending the divinity of the Holy Spirit

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Attribute On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

The eternal time of the Holy Spirit's procession.

Space

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

The Trinitarian space.

Matter

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

The Spirit's sanctifying work in material creation.

Observer

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

The Trinitarian doxological worshipper.

Energy

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

Energies of the Holy Spirit.

Information

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

Pneumatological-doxological framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)

Basil's defense of the Spirit's divinity ratified at Council of Constantinople in 381.