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Historical Theology · Patristic Database

The Christian
Belief Map

What the first five centuries believed — and who still believes it today.

217
Belief Records
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Doctrines
Apostolic Succession 1 Christology 12 church 1 Ecclesiology 83 Eschatology 24 existence-of-god 2 Grace & Free Will 3 grace-justification 1 Liturgy 0 Mariology 15 Mariology 0 moral-theology 9 natural-law 3 papacy 0 Petrine Ministry 33 Pneumatology 6 Prayer & Devotion 5 Purgatory 1 saints 0 salvation 6 Scripture & Tradition 34 social-teaching 0 Soteriology 7 The Eucharist 37 The Priesthood 11 The Resurrection 1 The Sacraments 37 The Trinity 9

PNEUMATOLOGY

6 records
What the early Church fathers taught on this doctrine
Affirmed (6)
Which modern traditions agree with the early Church on this doctrine?
Dark bar = identical/convergent · Light = partial agreement
Catholic
83% 5/6
Orthodox
100% 6/6
Lutheran
83% 5/6
Reformed
83% 5/6
Baptist
67% 4/6
Evangelical
67% 4/6
By Era
0
Apostolic
1
Ante-nicene
5
Nicene
0
Post-nicene
Figures Attesting
6 Belief Records
TT Tertullian c. AD 213
Tertullian is the first to use the word Trinity (Trinitas) as a technical theological term
affirmed
CJ Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 350
The Holy Spirit is the agent of sanctification who makes the soul a temple and confers spiritual gifts
affirmed
BC Basil of Caesarea c. AD 375
Basil of Caesarea argues the Holy Spirit must be worshipped equally with Father and Son — from liturgical doxology
affirmed
GN Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 380
Gregory of Nazianzus teaches that the Spirit proceeds from the Father — not from the Son — as a distinct mode of origin
affirmed
CI Council of Constantinople I AD 381
The Holy Spirit is fully God — of the same substance as the Father and Son
affirmed
AM Ambrose of Milan c. AD 381
Ambrose teaches that the Spirit anoints Christ at baptism — showing the Spirit is the source of all sanctification
affirmed
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