In the Trinitarian view does Matthew 11:27 indicate the Holy Spirit does not know the Son?
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A clue to your answer is found in the verse you quoted: ". . . and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him]."
The Son of God reveals both himself and the Father to whomever he chooses. That revealing work is done by the Holy Spirit, who is the Son's revealer to those who are being saved. How can the Spirit reveal these things if He knows neither the Son nor the Father?
Furthermore, the apostle Paul gives us more information about the Triune God's revealing of Himself to those who are being saved:
"What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him" —God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God" (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
A natural question to ask in light of Paul's words in 1 Corinthians is: How could the Spirit not know the Father or the Father know the Spirit if the Spirit searches "everything, even the depths of God"?
There is an organic and mutual self-disclosure within the Godhead. There is nothing the Spirit does not know about the Son and the Father. There is nothing both the Father and the Son do not know about the Spirit. All three are, after all, one. Moreover, each person of the Godhead has a role to play in the grand scheme of redemption which was planned before the foundations of the world were laid (see, for example, Ephesians 1:4, 5, and 11; Acts 2:23; and Revelation 13:8).
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The Holy Spirit proceeds from both God the Father and God the Son. Since this is true, how can the Holy Spirit not know the Son or not the Father for that matter?
Please read John 14;25-26. Normally I would type out the verses but I think it's important that you read them for yourself. Luke 24:49 has Jesus sending the Holy Spirit and at John 15:26 Jesus stated, "He/Holy Spirit will testify about Me."
Yes, the Holy Spirit is a distinct person just like the Father and the Son are distinct persons within the Trinity/Godhead. A person is one that has a personality whose distinctive qualities shows them to be an entity which differs from other beings.
The Holy Spirit has a mind and can think for Itself. Romans 8:27. Acts 15:28. He can dispense gifts to different individuals according as He wills. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11.
The Holy Spirit guides, hears, and shows, John 16:13-15. He sends forth at Acts 13:1-4. The Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible and moved upon the prophets to speak. 2 Peter 1:21. I can give about 25 or so more verses of the Holy Spirit's actions.
Then there is Acts 5:3-4, "But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to LIE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, and keep back some of the price of the land? Vs4, While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? YOU HAVE NOT LIED TO MEN BUT TO GOD."
In closing I give you Romans 8:9-11. "However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him." Notice the Holy Spirit is interchanged with the Father and the Son.
Vs10, "And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness." Vs11, If Jesus Christ is a created being like the rest of us and a man only, how is it that He can make His abode or live in us with His Spirit?
Vs11. "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you."
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There is (according to standard, traditional Catholic theology) a single divine Intellect, common to all three Persons of the Trinity. In particular, the Holy Spirit knows the Son just as the Father knows the Son (and just as the Son knows Himself).
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