Chapter+4+--+Holy+Spirit

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Way the Spirit is described in Old Testament and New Testament Concept of Trinity: One God, three persons Persons one, equal, independent Spirit as love between the Father and the Son Gradual understanding of Trinity in the Church Who is chosen to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit?

The Gospels speak of the Holy Spirit as possessing or being in Jesus. Holy Spirit is mentioned often in relationship to Jesus, during his earthly life. The Holy Spirit worked in, with, and through Jesus, throughout his life. The Holy Spirit filled him, guided him, inspired him, and worked though him. The New Testament proclaims that Jesus would send the Holy Spirit upon the world. Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit as an independent person in the Gospels. The Old Testament speaks of the Spirit of God as an action of God rather than a separate person. The Old Testament can easily pave the way for a deeper New Testament understanding of the action of the Spirit. The Gospel of John tells of the Holy Spirit as coming from both the Father and the Son. When Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit, He says that the Spirit will not speak on its own. The Spirit will speak on what it receives from the Son who is always reflecting the Father. By giving the apostles the power and mission to baptize, Jesus proclaims the oneness of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus speaks of three separate persons under one name. In its early centuries struggled with this mystery of three persons in one God. This mystery is called the blessed Trinity. All are equal, all are one, yet all are independent of each other. A common picture is the Three-Leaf clover.