The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: A Study of Primitive Christian Teaching

by Henry Barclay Swete

Publisher:

Macmillan and Co.

, 1910

Overview

Henry Barclay Swete wrote The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: A Study of Primitive Christian Teaching in order to illustrate the historical and experiential context of the first Christian teachers and writers in relation to the Holy Spirit. His hope was that the reader could gain an understanding of what “the presence and working of the Spirit of Christ meant to the first generation of believers.” This volume contains three parts: “The Holy Spirit in the History of the New Testament,” “The Holy Spirit in the Teaching of the New Testament,” and “Summary of the New Testament Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.”

Product Details

• Title: The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: A Study of Primitive Christian Teaching
• Author: Henry Barclay Swete
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1910
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Holy Spirit
• Resource ID: LLS:HLYSPRTSWETE01
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:53:18Z

About Henry Barclay Swete

Henry Barclay Swete (1835–1917) was an Anglican clergyman and noted biblical scholar who published works on the Old and New Testaments, as well as on Christian doctrine. He was ordained in 1838 and became a theological lecturer and tutor at Caius College in 1869. He then served as professor of pastoral theology at King’s College, London, and later became regius professor of divinity at Cambridge in 1890. He received an honorary doctorate of divinity from the University of Glasgow in 1901.