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Paraclete
Sign in to saveParaclete (; ) is a Christian biblical term occurring five times in the Johannine texts of the New Testament. In Christian theology, the word commonly refers to the Holy Spirit and is translated as 'advocate', 'counsellor', or 'helper'.
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Latin etymological precedent
- In Classical Greek
- In Judaism
- In Christianity
- Scholarly interpretations
- Paraclete first appearing in gospel
- In Islam
- Historical development
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Paraclete (; ) is a Christian biblical term occurring five times in the Johannine texts of the New Testament. In Christian theology, the word commonly refers to the Holy Spirit and is translated as 'advocate', 'counsellor', or 'helper'.
== Etymology == The English term Paraclete comes from the Koine Greek word (). A combination of ('beside/alongside') and ('to call'), the word first appears in the Bible in John 14:16. René Kieffer further explains the development of the meaning of this term: