pneumatology

noun /ˌnjuː.məˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

1. The study of spiritual beings and phenomena, especially the interactions between humans and God.

   countable, uncountable

2. The study of the Holy Spirit as revealed in Scripture.

   countable, uncountable

   These divine qualities migrated to Mary because of deficiencies in the theology of God, in Christology and in pneumatology. It makes no lasting sense to retain this as a permanent status quo, using Mary as a cover-up for defective notions of the divine.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “breath”) + -logy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pneumatology (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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