<P> In Christian theology the Holy Spirit is believed to perform specific divine functions in the life of the Christian or the church . The action of the Holy Spirit is seen as an essential part of the bringing of the person to the Christian faith . The new believer is "born again of the Spirit". The Holy Spirit enables Christian life by dwelling in the individual believers and enables them to live a righteous and faithful life . The Holy Spirit also acts as comforter or Paraclete, one who intercedes, or supports or acts as an advocate, particularly in times of trial . And he acts to convince the unredeemed person both of the sinfulness of their actions, and of their moral standing as sinners before God . Another faculty of the Holy Spirit is the inspiration and interpretation of scripture . The Holy Spirit both inspires the writing of the scriptures and interprets them to the Christian and the church . The Holy Spirit also empowers the believers to act on Jesus' behalf today here on earth operating in signs, wonders, and miracles like Jesus did and released his disciples to do in the Gospels; Luke 10, Matthew 10, and Mark 6 . John 14: 12 are the words of Jesus encouraging his disciples that they can do as he did . John 14--17 you can read the words Jesus spoke regarding sending his Spirit the Holy Spirit to live in those who believe in him empowering us to carry forth his commission given in Matthew 28: 18--20 . </P> <P> In John 15: 26 Jesus says of the Holy Spirit: "But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me ." In 325, the First Council of Nicaea, being the first ecumenical council, ended its Creed with the words "and in the Holy Spirit". In 381, the First Council of Constantinople, being the second ecumenical council, expanded the Creed and stated that Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father" (ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον). This phrase was based on John 15: 26 (ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται). In 451, the Council of Chalcedon, being the fourth ecumenical council, affirmed the Nicene - Constantinopolitan Creed . In the same time, the question of procession of the Holy Spirit was addressed by various Christian theologians, expressing diverse views and using different terminology, thus initiating the debate that became focused on the Filioque clause . </P> <P> In 589, the Third Council of Toledo in its third canon officially accepted the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son ("a Patre et Filio procedere"). During the next few centuries, two distinctive schools of thought were gradually shaped, Eastern and Western . Eastern theologians were teaching that Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only (notion referred as monoprocessionism), while Western theologians were teaching that Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (notion referred as filioquism). Debates and controversies between two sides became the main point of difference within the Christian pneumatology . </P> <P> The "fruit of the Holy Spirit" consists of "permanent dispositions" (in this similar to the permanent character of the sacraments), virtuous characteristics engendered in the Christian by the action of the Holy Spirit . Galatians 5: 22--23 names 9 aspects and states: </P>

Other names for the holy spirit in the bible