Paracletus

PARACLETUS, a Comforter. In Greek, Paracletos¹, or Paraclitus, according to another Pronunciation of the Word by changing the Eta into an Iota. This Word signifies one that exhorts, defends, comforts, that prays or intercedes for another. The Name Paracletus is commonly given to the Holy Ghost, and our Saviour himself has often given it him. Jesus Christ calls him the Comforter, or Paracletus,John xiv. 16. when he says, And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 1 John ii. 1.And St. John the Evangelist says, we have an Advocate (in Greek, Paracletus) with the Father. And this Advocate, this Paracletus, this Defender, this Mediator, is Jesus Christ the Righteous, who is the Propitiation for our Sins. But as is said before, the Name Paracletus is chiefly ascribed to the Holy Ghost. See St. John xiv. 26. xv. 26. xvi. 7.

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