Holy Spirit in Christianity

===The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints===
{{anchor|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}Members of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) believe that the Holy Ghost is the third member of the [[God in Mormonism|Godhead]], and is a personage of spirit, without a body of flesh and bones.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctrine and Covenants 130|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130.22?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref> Unlike in many other denominations, the term "Holy Ghost" remains much more common than "Holy Spirit" in LDS contexts.<ref>{{cite web|title= Gospel Topics: Holy Ghost|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/holy-ghost?lang=eng}}</ref> Nevertheless, the Holy Ghost is sometimes referred to as the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Comforter.<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/36863_eng.pdf "True to the Faith", p. 81.]</ref> Latter-day Saints believe in a kind of [[social trinitarianism]] and [[subordinationism]], meaning that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are understood as being unified in will and purpose, but not in substance.<ref>{{cite web|title=For Youth|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/youth/childrenandyouth/for-youth|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref> The Holy Ghost is believed to be subordinate to the Father and the Son and operates under their direction. The Holy Ghost, like all intelligent beings, is believed to be fundamentally eternal, uncreated, and self-existent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctrine and Covenants 93|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/93.29?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref>

The LDS Church teaches that the influence of the Holy Ghost can be received before baptism, but the gift, or constant companionship, of the Holy Ghost{{snd}}which comes by the laying-on of hands by a properly ordained [[priesthood (LDS Church)|priesthood]] holder with a line of authority traced back to Christ through Peter{{snd}}is obtained only after baptism when a person is [[confirmation (Latter Day Saints)|confirmed]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Holy_Ghost |title=Holy Ghost – the Encyclopedia of Mormonism |access-date=2017-03-10 |archive-date=2018-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402051050/http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Holy_Ghost |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Joseph Smith]], the founder of the church, taught, "You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man," he said, "if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost. Baptism by water is but half a baptism, and is good for nothing without the other half {{snd}}that is, the baptism of the Holy Ghost".<ref>''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (book)|TPJS]]'', p. 314.</ref>