Holy Spirit

In various religions, most notably Christianity, the Holy Spirit (also called the Holy Ghost in Trinitarian Christianity) is a form of God, being the third Person of the Holy Trinity. The word "Spirit" commonly translates the Greek New Testament word pneuma (Greek: ??????).

The powers of the Holy Spirit

Some Christians claim the ability to tap into powers from the Holy Spirit, while others claim to be expressly granted powers by the deity. Claims of divine inspiration stemming from the Holy Spirit have been occuring throughout the history of Christianity. Many have claimed that the Holy Spirit has given them the power to:

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• Cure diseases with prayer
• Make a person fall down from a distance
• Speak a foreign language that he or she had not learned before
• Hear God speaking
• Expel evil spirits that are possessing a person
• Have a strong, personal connection to God

Numerous other supernatural happenings have been linked to the Holy Spirit, and it is often claimed that the power of the Holy Spirit is manifested more in some than it is in others. The belief in powers stemming from the Holy Spirit is not totally unlike powers claimed to be granted by working with Chi.

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