Beginning with the Church Fathers and moving right through to the present day, The Holy Spirit offers a theologically informed, international collection of the most important texts relating to Christians' understanding of the Holy Spirit. A new volume of texts and readings offering a chronologically-organized selection of the most important and interesting writings on the Holy SpiritConsiders how the Holy Spirit has always been an integral part of both Christian belief and systematic theology - from the Church Fathers through to the present dayEach set of readings is prefaced by an introduction from the editor, drawing out the main themes and important historical points, and linking the readings to what has gone beforeTackles the disagreements over the role of the Holy Spirit within the Trinity, and how it was a contributing factor in the split between the Western and Eastern ChurchOpens with a newly-commissioned essay describing the importance of the Holy Spirit in the theology of the last one hundred years, and in particular in relation to the revival of Trinitarian theology