CLPTALK6
CLPTALK6
Lacks power
& effectiveness
EARLY
CHRISTIAN
Dynamic
Strong
Attractive
THE SOURCE WAS THE
HOLY
SPIRIT
WHO IS THE HOLY
SPIRIT?
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
GOD, THE THIRD
PERSON IN THE
HOLY TRINITY
“
To believe in the Holy
Spirit is to profess that the
Holy Spirit is one of the
persons of the Holy Trinity,
consubstantial with the
Father and the Son: “with
“
the Father and the Son he
is worshipped and glorified
(CCC, 685).
THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS THE
LORD AND
GIVER OF LIFE
THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS THE
PARACLETE
Greek Word: “to exhort”
Guide
Par.a.clete Friend
Defender
Counselor
Helper
Advocate
Comforters
When we receive the Holy Spirit, we gain:
A NEW NATURE,
we receive spiritual power for living the Christian life (2
Cor 5:17, Gal 5:16-23)
POWER TO SERVE, as
Jesus’ witnesses. (Acts 1:8)
THE GIFTS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
hierarchical vs charismatic gifts
Hierarchical gifts are Charismatic gifts
bestowed to the leadership of enable the faithful to do
the Church to ensure the evangelical mission,
continuing presence of Jesus’ discerning the signs of
unique salvific mediation times and interpreting
them in the light of the
Gospel
9 CHARISMATIC GIFTS
1 Cor 12:1, 4-11
“
There is no Pentecost
without the Virgin
Mary
(Benedict XVI, Regina Caeli)
“