The Holy Spirit as Mother (1)

Text
Acts of Thomas 29 (a prayer in a baptismal context; the invocation is addressed to both the Son and the Spirit):
Come, holy name of Christ, which is above every name, come Power of the Most High, and perfect mercy; come exalted gift (= the Holy Spirit); come, compassionate mother.

Acts of Thomas 39:
We hymn you (= Christ) and your unseen Father and your Holy Spirit, the Mother of all created things.
(The Greek text has an intrusive ‘and’, separating the epithet from the Holy Spirit)

Acts of Thomas 50 (invocation to the Spirit in the context of the Eucharist):
Come, hidden mother … come, and make us share in this Eucharist which we perform in your name, and (make us share) in the love to which we are joined by invoking you.

Acts of Thomas 133 (in the course of a trinitarian invocation in the context of the Eucharist):
We name over you (= the newly baptised) the name of the Mother.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Acts of Thomas 29
Acts of Thomas 39
Acts of Thomas 50
Acts of Thomas 133

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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