Fnord wrote:
John's Gospel twice refers to the Holy Spirit in a masculine gender:
John wrote:
(15:26) "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me"
John wrote:
(16:13) "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come."
As a bonus, this last passage also clarifies the nature of the relationship of the Spirit to the Father; the Spirit "proceeds" as Wisdom does.
Well, probably it could be argued about the translation and interpretation from the original texts, rather than the english translations, but I haven't look into it, so I can't really say, probably it might be the case, I do know however that there are some who claim that God and the holy spirit to be genderless, I have heard some people suggesting that The Father and the Son to be males, and the Holy Spirit, the "real mother", but I think that could be a minority.
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