[Salvation]

**Pneumos**

I'm not familiar with this word.

Educate me, please!

[drstevej]

Actually the greek word is pneuma and can have a range of meaning:

pneÂma tov n Spirit (of God); spirit, inner life, self; disposition, state of mind; spirit, spirit being or power, power (often of evil spirits); life (‡f°jmi tè p. die Mt 27.50); wind (He 1.7; perhaps Jn 3.8); breath (2 Th 2.8); ghost, apparition (Lk 24.37, 39)

[Loyalist]

Pneumos is the Greek word for spirit, which also means wind or breath. Pneumatic (related to air/run or using compressed air) is derived from it, as is pneu, the French word for tire.

[ninenot]

Pinging TT for his Eastern smarts.

Pneumos is Greek for 'breath,' and all that 'breathing upon' stuff in the Gospels has to do with THIS. Without breath, there is no life. This 'pneumos' thing is also represented by the wind on Pentecost.

BTW, it's also one of the theological arguments used in favor of the pipe organ (as opposed to the electronic toaster models.) Pipe organs use 'pneumos,' just like your voice does--and the pipe organ represents "all" that is alive and breathing, praising God. All Living Things: the pipe organ. THAT is why at one time, the pipe organ was played sotto voce during the singing of the Our Father at Mass.

At any rate, this "breath/wind" representation gives a clearer picture of the function of the Third Person--as opposed to Ghost or Spirit.