2. Our Catholic Faith Living What We Believe
CHAPTER 3
The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Trinity
 The Holy Spirit Is God
 The Holy Spirit in the Bible
 Names, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
 The Holy Spirit in the Life of Christians
 The Mystery of the Trinity
 Understanding More about the Trinity

3. Chapter 3 The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Trinity The Holy Spirit Is God
The Paraclete
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees or knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you. … The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name – he will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you.
John 14:16-17, 26

4. Jesus remains present to us through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The Paraclete
Jesus remains present to us through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is the Lord God.
The Spirit’s primary mission is to adopt us into the divine family and to unite us to Christ Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is our interior teacher who keeps us united to Christ.

5. The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
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The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
Creating the world
Giving life to Adam & Eve
Bringing life to the world
Keeping the world in existence
Forging a covenant with the Chosen People
Revealing himself to Moses
Helping the Israelites to keep the Law
Inspiring Israel’s kings to rule in God’s name
Anointing Israel’s prophets
Sustaining the Israelites during the exile
Promising the coming Messiah

6. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
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The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
helped John the Baptist prepare people for Jesus
was present at Jesus’ baptism and led him into the desert and sustained him in his battle with Satan
Jesus began his preaching ministry filled with the Spirit’s power
Jesus gradually revealed the Holy Spirit
Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit
remained with Jesus during his Death and Resurrection

7. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: Pentecost
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The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: Pentecost
Suddenly, there came from the sky a noise like a strong wind, and it filled the entire house in which were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest
on each one of them. And they were
all filled with the holy Spirit and began
to speak in different tongues, as the
Spirit enabled them to proclaim.
Acts 2:2-4

8. Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Chapter 3 The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Trinity Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Finger of God the divine Law
Fire divine holiness purification punishment transformation light
Dove life purification descending of the Holy Spirit gentleness virtue peace
Hand healing giving of the Holy Spirit
Tongues of Fire truth healing forgiveness understanding
Anointing with Oil “Christ” = anointed one anointing with Holy Spirit sacramental seal an indelible character
Water death and life initiation into the Church gift of the Holy Spirit

9. Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Chapter 3 The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Trinity Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Symbols of the Holy Spirit
Finger of God the divine Law
Fire divine holiness purification punishment transformation light
Dove life purification descending of the Holy Spirit gentleness virtue peace
Hand healing giving of the Holy Spirit
Tongues of Fire truth healing forgiveness understanding
Anointing with Oil “Christ” = anointed one anointing with Holy Spirit sacramental seal an indelible character
Water death and life initiation into the Church gift of the Holy Spirit

10. No one can say “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
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The Work of the Holy Spirit
the great Life Giver
God’s grace to us
adopts us into the divine family
forms the Church – the very Body of Christ and Temple of the Holy Spirit
showers on Christians many gifts to help us live like Jesus Christ
No one can say “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:3

11. Gifts of the Holy Spirit that Build up the Church
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Gifts of the Holy Spirit that Build up the Church
Gifts that make us holy: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord
Gifts that serve the Church: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracle, working, prophecy, discernment, speaking in tongues, interpreting tongues
Gifts that result in spiritual fruit: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity
The greatest of all the gifts of the Spirit: love

12. Apostolic & Missionary
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Where the Holy Spirit is Present
Seven Sacraments
Sacred
Tradition
Magisterium
Apostolic & Missionary
Life
Gifts & Ministries
Sacred
Scriptures
Saints
Prayer

13. The Dogma of the Blessed Trinity
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The Dogma of the Blessed Trinity
We believe in the Blessed Trinity because of the things that Jesus teaches about who God really is
Jesus taught that the Father of the Chosen People was his Father, and eternal Father to him, the unique Son who shared God’s own nature
The Apostles spoke of Jesus as the Word of God, the very image of the invisible God
Jesus is consubstantial with the Father
The Holy Spirit always existed with the Father and Son

14. Chapter 3 The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Trinity Understanding More about the Trinity
The Sign of the Cross
The large Sign of the Cross – professes that our minds, hearts, and entire beings are under the power of the holy Redeemer
The small Sign of the Cross – petitions the Triune God to bless our thoughts, words, and desires
We are baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, not in their names.

15. GOD Father Holy Spirit Son The Immanent Trinity
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The Immanent Trinity
When the Trinity is explained in terms of God alone without reference to human beings
Three important truths:
1. there is only one God
2. there are three distinct Persons in one God
GOD
Father
Son
Holy Spirit

16. GOD Father Holy Spirit Son The Immanent Trinity
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The Immanent Trinity
3. the Divine Persons have distinct relation-ships with one another:
(a) The Father - from all eternity “begets” the Son
(b) The Son – expresses the Father perfectly to himself
(c) The Holy Spirit – the perfect relationship between the Father and Son
GOD
Father
Son
Holy Spirit

17. The Economic/Salvific Trinity
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The Economic/Salvific Trinity
We know God by what he does, how he acts in our lives and in the world
God reveals the Trinity to us through his works in Salvation History
God has communicated himself to humanity in three distinct ways – but it is the one, mysterious God who reveals

18. The Economic/Salvific Trinity
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The Economic/Salvific Trinity
All three are involved in the common work of Salvation, but each Person performs this common work according to his unique personal property
 The Father: creation and its continual existence
 The Son: salvation
 The Holy Spirit: sanctification

19. Chapter 3 The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Trinity VOCABULARY
Paraclete (71)
Gifts of the Holy Spirit (71)
Theophany (72)
Emmanuel (74)
Spirit (76)
Christ (77)
Grace (81)
Charism (81)
Fruits of the Holy Spirit (81)
Mystery (83)
Consubstantial (84)
Theology (87)
Immanent Trinity (87)
Economy (87)
Salvific Trinity (87)
Substance (87)
Person (87)
Relation (87)
Sanctification (90)
Divine missions of the Blessed Trinity (90)

20. St. Paul’s definition of Love
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Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
St. Paul’s definition of Love