The book brings together the contributions of 17 members of the STM faculty to present contemporary understandings of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church. The contributions range from scripture ...

He does so through baptism and then through a special ... On Pentecost the Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit, in form of fire, to rest upon those gathered in the upper room.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit represents a foundational work of God where believers are united with Christ and fellow ...

and of the sacrament of Baptism, in which we were born of water and the Holy Spirit. Whenever, therefore, we are sprinkled with this holy water or use it in blessing ourselves upon entering the ...