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Spirit of God

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Spirit of Godmay refer to:

Abrahamic religions

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  • Holy Spirit,a term found in English translations of the Bible, but understood differently among the Abrahamic religions
  • Holy Spirit in Judaism,Ruach HaKodesh,the Spirit of YHWH in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and Jewish writings
    • Shekhinah,English transliteration of a Hebrew noun
  • Holy Spirit in Christianity,the third divine person of the Holy Trinity; each person itself being God
  • Holy Spirit in Islam,Ruh al-Quds,in the Quran, interpreted by some people as the angel Gabriel
  • Maid of Heaven,Baha'i Faith, a vision had by founder of the Baha'i Faith of a maiden Messenger of God gave him his mission

Zoroastrianism

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  • Spenta Mainyu,the most beneficent spirit, the "Holy Spirit"
  • Ahura Mazda(Zoroastrianism), a higher spirit of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed as the uncreated spirit by Zoroaster

Hinduism

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  • Brahman(Hinduism), "the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world", which "cannot be exactly defined"
  • Paramatman(Hinduism), the Supreme Soul

Native American religions

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  • Great Spirit(Indigenous peoples of the Americas), a conception of a supreme being prevalent among some Native American and First Nations cultures
    • Gitche Manitou,Algonquian language term for Great Spirit and later for God by Christian missionaries

Chinese

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  • Qi(Taoism), an active principle forming part of any living thing
  • Tian(Confucianism), one of the oldest Chinese terms for the cosmos and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion

Other

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  • Naam(Sikhism), the principal method or tool of meditation, which is meant to unite the soul with the Supreme Soul

See also

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