Class HolySpirit

java.lang.Object

DivinePerson

HolySpirit

public final class HolySpirit
extends DivinePerson

HolySpirit: third Person of the Trinity, fully God and distinct Person.

This class centers on pneumatological identity and relation-of-origin description. The Holy Spirit is modeled as consubstantial with Father and Son, personally distinct, and confessed as "Lord and giver of life" in the creed.

References: - Full divinity: Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor 3:17. - Distinct personhood: John 14:26; John 16:13-15; Matt 28:19. - Creedal confession: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. - Catechism: CCC 243-248.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static HolySpirit	getInstance()	Returns the one Holy Spirit instance in this model.
String	relationOfOriginDescription()	Provides the Holy Spirit's relation-of-origin descriptor in this model.

Methods inherited from class DivinePerson

getName, isDistinctPerson, isFullyGod, possessesFully

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getInstance

public static HolySpirit getInstance()

Returns the one Holy Spirit instance in this model.

Returns:

the singleton Holy Spirit instance

relationOfOriginDescription

public String relationOfOriginDescription()

Provides the Holy Spirit's relation-of-origin descriptor in this model.

The returned phrase follows Western Catholic formula: procession from the Father and the Son "as from one principle." The wording is chosen for doctrinal precision in this project's teaching scope.

Specified by:

relationOfOriginDescription in class DivinePerson

Returns:

the Holy Spirit relation-of-origin phrase