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for "Holy Spirit" in The Profession of Faith. Showing 126-150.
Paragraph 463
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AN...
"...of the Son of God is the distinctive sign of Christian faith: "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God."[85] Such is the joyous conviction of the Church from her beginning whenever she sings "the..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD › "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE RO...
"...into the Trinity. Jesus is conclusively revealed as "Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his Resurrection from the dead".[514] St. Paul insists on the manifestation of God's power[515] through the working of the Spirit who gave life to Jesus' dead..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
"...leading to the expectation of the Messiah, the other pointing to the announcement of a new Spirit. They converge in the small Remnant, the people of the poor, who await in hope the "consolation of Israel" and "the redemption of Jerusalem."[79]
We have seen earlier how Jesus..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"
"At the end of this mission of the Spirit, Mary became the Woman, the new Eve ("mother of the living"), the mother of the "whole Christ."[108] As such, she was present with the Twelve, who "with one accord devoted themselves to prayer,"[109] at the dawn of the "end time" which..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...disciples orphans. He promised to remain with them until the end of time; he sent them his Spirit.[218] As a result communion with Jesus has become, in a way, more intense: "By communicating his Spirit, Christ mystically constitutes as his body those brothers of his who are..."
Paragraph 50
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
"...has fully revealed this plan by sending us his beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit."
Paragraph 51
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › THE REVELATION OF GOD
"...was that men should have access to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy Spirit, and thus become sharers in the divine nature."[2]"
Paragraph 83
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
"...hands on what they received from Jesus' teaching and example and what they learned from the Holy Spirit. the first generation of Christians did not yet have a written New Testament, and the New Testament itself demonstrates the process of living Tradition.
Tradition is to be..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
"...teaches only what has been handed on to it. At the divine command and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it listens to this devotedly, guards it with dedication and expounds it faithfully. All that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed is drawn from this single..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
"...in understanding and handing on revealed truth. They have received the anointing of the Holy Spirit, who instructs them[53] and guides them into all truth.[54]"
Paragraph 94
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
"Thanks to the assistance of the Holy Spirit, the understanding of both the realities and the words of the heritage of faith is able to grow in the life of the Church:
- "through the contemplation and study of believers who ponder these things in their hearts";[57] it is in..."
Paragraph 95
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › THE TRANSMISSION OF DIVINE REVELATION
"...without the others. Working together, each in its own way, under the action of the one Holy Spirit, they all contribute effectively to the salvation of souls."[62]"
Paragraph 96
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
"...they in turn handed on by their preaching and writing, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to all generations, until Christ returns in glory."
Paragraph 107
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › SACRED SCRIPTURE
"...that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to..."
Paragraph 108
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › GOD COMES TO MEET MAN › SACRED SCRIPTURE
"...not to remain a dead letter, Christ, the eternal Word of the living God, must, through the Holy Spirit, "open (our) minds to understand the Scriptures."[74]"
Paragraph 153
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD › I BELIEVE
"...must have the grace of God to move and assist him; he must have the interior helps of the Holy Spirit, who moves the heart and converts it to God, who opens the eyes of the mind and 'makes it easy for all to accept and believe the truth.'"[25]"
Paragraph 154
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD › I BELIEVE
"Believing is possible only by grace and the interior helps of the Holy Spirit. But it is no less true that believing is an authentically human act. Trusting in God and cleaving to the truths he has revealed is contrary neither to human freedom nor to human reason. Even in human..."
Paragraph 156
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD › I BELIEVE
"...willed that external proofs of his Revelation should be joined to the internal helps of the Holy Spirit."[29] Thus the miracles of Christ and the saints, prophecies, the Church's growth and holiness, and her fruitfulness and stability "are the most certain signs of divine..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD › I BELIEVE
"...connection with each other and with Christ, the centre of the revealed mystery. "The same Holy Spirit constantly perfects faith by his gifts, so that Revelation may be more and more profoundly understood."[35] In the words of St. Augustine, "I believe, in order to understand;..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD
"We must believe in no one but God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."
Paragraph 179
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE › MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD
"...is a supernatural gift from God. In order to believe, man needs the interior helps of the Holy Spirit."
Paragraph 197
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS
"...faith. To say the Credo with faith is to enter into communion with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and also with the whole Church which transmits the faith to us and in whose midst we believe:
This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"...the faith regarding this mystery, and (III) how, by the divine missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit, God the Father fulfils the "plan of his loving goodness" of creation, redemption and sanctification."
Paragraph 252
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"...being in its unity, (II) the term "person" or "hypostasis" to designate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the real distinction among them, and (III) the term "relation" to designate the fact that their distinction lies in the relationship of each to the others."
Paragraph 253
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER › I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEA...
"...which the Son is, the Son that which the Father is, the Father and the Son that which the Holy Spirit is, i.e. by nature one God."[84] In the words of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), "Each of the persons is that supreme reality, viz., the divine substance, essence or..."