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Dove of the Holy Spirit, by Bernini, stained glass, (ca. 1660), St. Peter's Bascilica, Vatican. Source: Wikimedia Commons

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This database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. Includes the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216, also includes the complete Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes, as well as Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars.
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Pneumatology is the branch of Christian systematic theology that deals with the Holy Spirit. It is a topic that comes up in many Theology classes at Duquesne. This page was designed to get researchers quickly to background information, books, and journal articles accessible through the Gumberg Library on pneumatological topics.

For some basic information on the topic of the Holy Spirit, click on the links below. To read the first document off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your Multipass username and password.

"God (Holy Spirit)," New Catholic Encyclopedia

"Spirit of God," New Catholic Encyclopedia

"Holy Spirit," New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

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The works below with underlined titles are available electronically. Click a title to search the book. When you do, you may be asked for your Multipass information.

Encyclopedia of Christian Theology by Jean Yves Lacoste
Call Number: BR 95 D5313 Vols. 1-3 - Library use Only
Publication Date: 2005
New Catholic Encyclopedia
Publication Date: 2003
eBook. Click title to use
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
eBook. Click title to use
Veni Creator Spiritus: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Holy Spirit by Michael O'Carroll
Call Number: BT121.2 O335 1990 - Oversized Books (Library Use Only)
Publication Date: 1990

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The Library of Congress Subject Headings do not use the term "Pneumatology." Instead, they use "Holy Spirit" as their way of refering to that concept.

Click on a link below to run a subject search for all books on that topic in the online catalog.

Find Church Fathers on Pneumatology

In the case of each of these Church Fathers who wrote on the Holy Spirit, the first link for the person, identified by the word "Author," will take you to all books written by that person in the online catalog. The second link, identified by the word "Subject," will take you to all books in the online catalog about that person and their works.

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New Testament Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Content from over 450 journals is covered. All abstracts are in English, regardless of the language of the original work. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more. Coverage in the database dates back to 1978.
Religion Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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