Holy Spirit in Christianity

==== In the Apocrypha ====
The view of the Holy Spirit as responsible for Mary's pregnancy, found in the Synoptic Gospels,<ref>[[s:Bible (American Standard)/Matthew#1:18|Matthew 1:18]] and [[s:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#1:34|Luke 1:34 –35]]</ref> is different from that found in the [[apocrypha]]l [[Gospel of the Hebrews]], adopted as canonical by the [[Nazarene (sect)#The Nazarenes (4th century)|4th century Nazarenes]], in which Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit as his mother and thus as female.<ref>{{Citation |last=Koch |first=Glenn Alan |title=Mercer Dictionary of the Bible |page=364 |year=1990 |editor1-last=Mills |editor1-first=Watson E. |chapter=Hebrews, Gospel of the |publisher=Mercer University Press |isbn=978-0865543737 |editor2-last=Bullard |editor2-first=Roger Aubrey}}.</ref> Some thought femininity incompatible with the idea that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit; according to the apocryphal [[Gospel of Philip]], for example,
:Some say, "Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit." They are in error. They do not know what they are saying. When did a woman ever conceive by a woman?<ref>{{cite web|translator-last=Isenberg|translator-first=Wesley W.|date=1996|title=Gospel of Philip|url=http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html}}</ref>