Don2 (Don1 Revised)
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If it's a spirit, you might think of it as an "it/It," gender neuter. Since it's part of the trinity, you might think of it as a "they/them/They/Them." Since it is somehow a reflection or aspect of Yahweh, you might think of it as a "he/him/He/Him." On the other hand, many scholars often go back to original sources in completely different contexts, and so those originalists, if being consistent, would observe in Hebrew and Aramaic, the word used for spirit/ghost is feminine, making it a "she/her/She/Her."
Gender of the Holy Spirit
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So... non-binary?
Gender of the Holy Spirit
In Christian theology, the gender of the Holy Spirit has been the subject of some debate in recent times.
The grammatical gender of the word for "spirit" is in Hebrew (רוּחַ, rūaḥ),[1] in Greek (πνεῦμα, pneûma) and masculine in Latin (spiritus). The neutral Greek πνεῦμα is used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew רוּחַ.
The Holy Spirit was furthermore equated with the (grammatically feminine) Wisdom of God by two early Church fathers, Theophilus of Antioch (d. 180) and by Irenaeus (d. 202/3). However, the majority of theologians have, historically, identified Wisdom with Christ the Logos.
Gregory of Nazianzus in the fourth century wrote that terms like "Father" and "Son" in reference to the persons of the trinity are not to be understood as expressing essences or energies of God but are to be understood as metaphors. The same position is still held in the 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church.[2]
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For Semitic languages, such as ancient Syriac, the earliest liturgical tradition and established gender usage for referring to the Holy Spirit is feminine.[14]
The Syriac language, which was in common use around AD 300, is derived from Aramaic. In documents produced in Syriac by the early Miaphysite church (which later became the Syriac Orthodox Church) the feminine gender of the word for spirit gave rise to a theology in which the Holy Spirit was considered feminine.[15]
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In the Catholic Church, the Holy Spirit is referred to in English as "He" in liturgical texts;[12] however, the Holy See directs that "the established gender usage of each respective language [is] to be maintained."[13]
So... non-binary?