The Holy Spirit Is Spenta Mainyu: Linguistic and Theological Proof
The Trinity's Persian Origins The Christian Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — is presented as unique divine revelation. But the third person of that Trinity has a name that tells a different story. "Holy Spirit" in Hebrew is Ruach HaKodesh (רוח הקודש). "Holy Spirit" in Avestan is Spenta Mainyu . And Spenta Mainyu — the Holy/Bounteous Spirit of Ahura Mazda — existed in Zoroastrian theology over a thousand years before Christianity. The Holy Spirit isn't a Christian innovation. It's Spenta Mainyu with the name translated.
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The Trinity's Persian Origins The Christian Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — is presented as unique divine revelation. But the third person of that Trinity has a name that tells a different story. "Holy Spirit" in Hebrew is Ruach HaKodesh (רוח הקודש). "Holy Spirit" in Avestan is Spenta Mainyu . And Spenta Mainyu — the Holy/Bounteous Spirit of Ahura Mazda — existed in Zoroastrian theology over a thousand years before Christianity. The Holy Spirit isn't a Christian innovation. It's Spenta Mainyu with the name translated. Spenta Mainyu in Zoroastrian Theology The Original Concept In the Gathas, Ahura Mazda expresses himself through Spenta Mainyu — the "Holy Spirit" or "Bounteous Spirit": Yasna 30.5: "Of these two spirits, the beneficent one (Spenta Mainyu) chose rightly, not the evil one (Angra Mainyu)." Yasna 44.7: "Who is the creator and first father of Asha?
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Yasna · Gathas · Avesta