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Definition of Paraclete
1. Noun. The third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost.
Definition of Paraclete
1. n. An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit.
Definition of Paraclete
1. Noun. An advocate, especially the Holy Spirit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paraclete
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraclete
Literary usage of Paraclete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"paraclete,—1. The term.—One result of the authoritative place held by the Law
among the Jews was that figures of speech borrowed from the sphere of judicial ..."
2. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the paraclete
given him by Christ, who said, / will pray unto the Father, and Jte shall ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"His body was taken to the paraclete; and on the death of Heloise (May 16, 1164)
her body was placed in the same coffin. In 1817 their remains were removed ..."
4. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
""paraclete" is simply in the First Ep. In the Gospel the the Gr word ... The word
for "paraclete" is passive in form, and etymologically signifies "called ..."
5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1875)
"The anonymous author of a volume like Tin paraclete cannot long remain ...
In this are * The paraclete: An Essay on the Personality and Ministry of the Holy ..."
6. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1875)
"The anonymous author of a volume like The paraclete cannot long remain ...
In this are * Tlw paraclete : An Essay on tlie Personality and Ministry of the ..."
7. A Protestant Dictionary: Containing Articles on the History, Doctrines, and by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright, Charles Neil (1904)
"The paraclete is referred to as one who shall " bear witness " of Christ ...
The rendering of paraclete by Comforter is not only inaccurate but misleading. ..."
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