St Basil’s Pneumatology in Pentecostalism: A Constructive Analysis of On the Holy Spirit in a Pentecostal

Abstract

This research analyses the pneumatological work On the Holy Spirit of St Basil of Caesarea (ca. 330—379 AD) and examines its possible effects on Pentecostal understandings of the Holy Spirit. It’s a qualitative content analysis of the Cappadocian Father St Basil’s work On the Holy Spirit with a constructive end for Pentecostal pneumatology and related doctrines. In other words, this is a work in the area of pneumatological theology, examining how pneumatology might affect other doctrines. Therefore, my question is what can be said of St Basil’s pneumatology in his composition On the Holy Spirit and what would it mean in a Pentecostal context. It aims to examine how said pneumatology might influence, challenge or supplement doctrines of the Holy Spirit within Pentecostalism. It moves within the area of pneumatology and discusses its effects on pneumatological doctrines, which concerns aspects of theology, ecclesiology, soteriology, christology and patriology.