Usually Christians write He, His and Himself with a capital H when referring to God the Father. I'm not aware of this practice for either Jesus or The Holy Spirit.
Why the distinction?
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4I capitalize pronouns referring to each Person of the Trinity. – Narnian Feb 09 '12 at 22:09
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2Related question on pronouns In any event, Catholic texts don't usually capitalize pronouns, but we do capitalize everything else remotely related to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. – Peter Turner Feb 09 '12 at 22:15
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I've also seen plenty of cases where pronouns referring to Jesus are capitalized. And plenty of others where pronouns referring to the Father were not. – DJClayworth Feb 10 '12 at 04:20
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1It seems I am mistaken. Most Bible versions (e.g. KJV) do not capitalise; one exception is the Amplified which capitalises Father & Son. – Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE Feb 21 '12 at 13:40
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Depends on the style guide, but it is a convention to capitalize names of God.
The Chicago Manual of Style does not require it, but does acknowledge it.
If a person doesn't capitalize He in regards to Jesus or the Holy Spirit, it is probably just an unintentional slip.
Alternatively:
- They could be Nestorian, and deny the divinity of Christ.
- They might be Unitarian or Agnostic, and just not be sure.
- Their Shift key might be possessed.
- They might be anti-German, and thus hate capitalization on principle.
Or
- They might have just screwed up.
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