What do christians believe about the Holy Spirit?

Answer 1

The Holy Spirit is only a mentioned aspect in a few christian cultures, mainly Catholosism (known better as the Holy Ghost), as well as in Luthernasm, but it is also mentioned in the Anglican church. The Holy Spirit plays the highest role in the Orthodox faith.

The Holy Spirit is the word of God, the being of God and the idea of God's plan. When someone is touched by the Spirit of God, meaning they give an essense of righteousness or God Like Behavior (such as saints, missionaries, doctors etc). Holy Spirit to an extend is the hand of God on Earth. God's spirit may be the conscience of some people to act, or the idea that God can alter the present with a move of his hand. The Spirit in Jesus' time preformed miracles such as healing, bounty and more. It is said that the highest recipient of the Holy Spirit was Mary. Mary, Jesus' mother was consumated by God's Spirit who granted her with a child despite her Virginity. Mary was touched by the Spirit, much as the blind man who was able to see was touched.

Answer 2

There is no equivalent in Judaism for the Christian concept of a Holy Spirit. Jews believe that God is a unity, not a trinity.

Answer 3

No, they do not believe in the Holy Ghost.

Answer 4

Yes, but most likely not the same one you have in mind.

Answer 5

No

Answer 6

Curiously, Jewish prayer and inded The Bible contain many references to "ruach ha Kodesh," a phrase that translates quite literally as "the Holy spirit" or "the spirit of Holyness." So don't say that Jews reject the idea that God's spirit does not act in the world or in the hearts of men. What Jews object to is trinitarianism and more specifically, the notion of divine incarnation. Jewish tradition considers belief in an incarnate god to be a form of idolatry. It doesn't matter if that god is incarnate in a stone idol or a flesh-and-blood person.

Answer 7

Jews do not believe in the Holy Spirit as one element of a trinitarian God, but Jewish prayer and indeed the Bible contain references to "ruach ha Kodesh," a phrase that translates quite literally as "the Holy spirit" or "the spirit of Holyness." So don't say that Jews reject the idea that God's spirit acts in the world or in the hearts of men. What Jews object to is trinitarianism and more specifically, the notion of divine incarnation. Jewish tradition considers belief in an incarnate god to be a form of idolatry. It doesn't matter if that god is incarnate in a stone idol or a flesh-and-blood person.

Answer 8

The Hebrew Bible contains many references to "ruach ha Kodesh," a phrase that translates quite literally as "the Holy spirit" or "the spirit of Holyness." So Jews indeed use the term. But, while Jews accept the idea that God's spirit acts in the world or in the hearts of men, they do not accept the idea of the Holy Spirit as a being distinct from God the Father but by some mystery, part of a unitary God. That idea is part of trinitarianism, a purely Christian idea that is entirely rejected by Judaism.