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Lady Wisdom
The Woman who calls herself Wisdom and Understanding — Proverbs 1, 3, 8 and 9
Topic
Early Christianity
The creeds, the Church Fathers, and early Christian witnesses on the Trinity and the Holy Spirit.
7 resources · 1 study · 2 articles · 4 videos
Studies
Articles
Begotten and Born: Reading the Nicene Creed Closely
The Nicene Creed is the most widely shared statement of Christian faith. Yona Tree affirms it — and respectfully proposes four clarifications, beginning with the difference between being begotten and being born.
Voices from Church History on the Holy Spirit as Mother
The idea of the Holy Spirit's motherly nature did not begin with Yona Tree. A guide to the early and later Christian writers cited in Seven Lamps Before the Throne, with notes on who they were and how much weight their words can bear.
Videos
Part 8of 16
The Free Woman
Jerome, Origen and the Old Syriac Gospels; the comforting mother, the sheltering hen, the mothering eagle; and Sarah, the free woman of Galatians 4.
Scripture: John 14:26Isaiah 66:13
Part 5of 16
Womb of the Spirit
Wind, breath, womb, water and baptism — Jesus' words to Nicodemus and historical witnesses who described the Spirit in maternal terms.
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:17–18John 3:3–8
Part 2of 16
The Nicene Creed
Four phrases from the Nicene Creed — one baptism, catholic and apostolic, proceeding from the Father, and born of the Father — examined against Scripture.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:131 Corinthians 1:12–13
Part 1of 16
The 3 Person God
One God. Three Persons. The series opens by distinguishing the ontological and economic study of the Trinity and introducing the Nicene Creed.
Scripture: Exodus 3:14Isaiah 46:9