HOLY SPIRIT

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HOLY SPIRIT

• IN THE LIFE
• AND MISSION
• OF THE CHURCH
• AND CONSECRATED LIFE

José Cristo Rey García Paredes, CMF ICLA, Special
Course ?January 2007
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• PNEUMATOLOGY
• Theology of the Holy Spirit

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Introduction

• Doctrine and Life
• What is Pneumatology
• Biblical and unbiblical perception of the Spirit
• Contemporary interest in Pneumatology
• Pneumatology as theology as prayer
• Outline

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• This special course
• can be found
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• http//www.itvr.org/cursos-online/course/

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Doctrine (theology) and Life

• Doctrines are our attempts to explain
• a reality we are too shallow and limited to
  explain
• Doctrine teaches, enable us to identify the real
  from the fake, prevent us from simply meandering
  away or wandering from our Shepherd
• Jesus didnt heal the sick and rescue the lost
  sheep
• by way of a doctrine
• Doctrines arose so that we could better
  understand
• the freeing,
• the healing
• and the rescuing of Jesus

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Doctrine and Life

• Doctrine itself gives no life at all. What gives
  life is that which the doctrine is about
• Frigida opinio (cold opinion - protestant
  Reformers) with which a person may agree with to
  the last detail but not have it touch them inside
• Truth can be found
• not just in thought, but in deeds
• not just in doctrine, but in action
• The Spirit is in action
• This is what happened at Pentecost The Spirit
  made an event of it, things happened, people took
  action

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What is Pneumatology

• What is Pneumatology
• Pneuma ruah wind, air, spirit
• Logos word
• Pneumatology is the study of the Holy Spirit
• The third Person of the Trinity
• It answers numerous important questions about the
  holy Spirit
• Who / what is the Holy Spirit?
• When / How do we receive the Holy Spirit?
• What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
• How can I be filled with the Spirit?
• Are the miraculous gifts of the Spirit for today?

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The biblical and the unbiblical perception of the
Holy Spirit

• Un unbiblical perception of the Holy Spirit
• As a power or force given to us from God
• As influence who guides man's conscience.
• As some kind of force programmed into us to give
  us signals from God.
• Biblical perception
• The Holy Spirit is a Person, with a mind,
  emotions and will.
• And since He is God, He is also co-equal and
  co-eternal with the Father and the Son.
• Jesus replacement on earth
• Received at salvation, the Spirit is the
  permanent possession of every believer in Christ
  (Eph 113-14).

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The person of the Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit is involved in a number of
  important activities
• The book of Acts has been called by some "The
  Acts of the Holy Spirit Through the Apostles.
• The Spirit of God brings conviction of sin (Jn.
  168).
• He imparts the new birth (Jn. 35).
• He baptizes believers into the body of Christ (1
  Cor. 1213).
• He indwells individual Christians (1 Cor. 619).
• He equips believers for effective service (Eph.
  518)
• Because of His indwelling presence, we can have
  victory over sin and we can successfully serve
  the Lord.

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Summary for Pneumatology John 168-11

• "When He (the Holy Spirit) comes, He will convict
  the world of guilt in regard to sin and
  righteousness and judgment
• in regard to sin, because men do not believe in
  me
• in regard to righteousness, because I am going to
  the Father, where you can see me no longer
• and in regard to judgment, because the prince of
  this world now stands condemned."

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• The neglected Person
• of the Godhead

• The least understood Person
• of the three members of the Trinity

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The interest for Pneumatology

• The Spirit like Jesus-
• A sign that will be opposed so that the inner
  thoughts of many will revealed (Lk 2 34-35)
• Differences among the Churches when pneumatology
  is present or absent
• Unitarianism of the Spirit in some charismatic
  movements
• Binarianism Jesus and the Spirit without the
  Father
• How can I recognize a good Church?
• In its pneumatology in what it believes and
  teaches about the Holy Spirit

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Pneumatology as theology

• In theology people try to understand Gods doings
  among humans and in creation as a whole
• We go about theology with lots of resources
• The definitive resource the Holy Scriptures
• Non-definitive or less-definitive resources
• Tradition
• Relationship
• Worship and liturgy
• Each of us, our religious and Christian
  experiences
• All these resources are part of a bigger picture

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• Registering
• Name xtorey
• password
• email icla_at_hotmail.com

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• password

• ruah

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• Only the one
• who speaks moved
• "by" the Spirit,
• has the credibility
• to speak
• "about" the Spirit

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VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS!
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Veni Creator

• The most famous of hymns (Frere)
• Author Rabanus Maurus (d. 856)
• Roman Breviary Vespers and Terce of Pentecost
• The Catholic Church
• Election of Popes
• Consecration of Bishops
• Ordination of priests
• Dedication of Churches
• Celebration of Synods or Councils

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Why do we need to invoke the coming of the Holy
Spirit?

• Veni Creator is
• like a cry, a lamentation arisen from the deepest
  of human being
• Collective prayer
• For post-modern times weakness, fragmentarity
• When the time for Jesus to leave this world had
  almost come, the told the Apostles of
• another Counselor to be with you for ever,
  even the Spirit of truth
• The Paraclete counselor, intercessor, advocate

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Outline

• Pneumatology in the three Faculties
• Missiology
• Spirituality
• Consecrated Life
• Five Modules
• Second module REVELATION the progressive
  manifestation of the Holy Spirit
• Third module UNDERSTANDING the historical
  understanding of the mystery of the Holy Spirit
• Fourth module EXPERIENCE vital experiences of
  the Holy Spirit in spiritual life
• Fith module CHARISMS protagonism of the Spirit
  in Mission and Life

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Questions

• What theological idea do you find the most
  confusing? intimidating? weird?
• Have you ever sighed, cried, or prayed for the
  Holy Spirit? How?
• What one thing do you think would be most
  characteristic of thought that is led by the Holy
  Spirit?
• What are the words and images you use when you
  talk about God? How have these changed over the
  years?