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What is the witness of the Holy Scriptures concerning the divinity of the Holy Spirit?

Part I: On Faith · The Eighth Article: The Holy Spirit

Q239

What is the witness of the Holy Scriptures concerning the divinity of the Holy Spirit?

Both the divinity and the personhood of the Holy Spirit are established by the passage already cited from the Acts of the Apostles: “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?… You have not lied to men, but to God!” (Act 5:3–4; see Q108, Q237), to lie to the Spirit is to lie to God. To this may be added the baptismal Name (Mat 28:19; see Q083, Q091), the apostolic blessing (2Co 13:14; see Q091, Q093), and the Spirit’s divine attributes: he is eternal (Heb 9:14; see Q436, Q607), omnipresent (Psa 139:7), omniscient (1Co 2:10–11; see Q237, Q337), and Creator (Gen 1:2; Psa 104:30; Job 33:4; see Q537, Q542).