797. “What the soul is to the human body, the Holy Spirit is to the Body of Christ, which is the Church.”243 “To this Spirit of Christ, as an invisible principle, is to be ascribed the fact that all the parts of the body are joined one with the other and with their exalted head; for the whole Spirit of Christ is in the head, the whole Spirit is in the body, and the whole Spirit is in each of the members.”244 The Holy Spirit makes the Church “the temple of the living God”:245
Indeed, it is to the Church herself that the “Gift of God” has been entrusted…. In it is in her that communion with Christ has been deposited, that is to say: the Holy Spirit, the pledge of incorruptibility, the strengthening of our faith and the ladder of our ascent to God…. For where the Church is, there also is God’s Spirit; where God’s Spirit is, there is the Church and every grace.246
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
21. What is the importance of the Old Testament for Christians?
27. What does it mean in practice for a person to believe in God?
72. What was the original condition of the human person according to the plan of God?
526. What relationship exists between truth, beauty and sacred art?
326. What is the effect of episcopal ordination?
354. What is the relationship between the sacraments and the death of a Christian?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what is their significance?
What is the relationship between love and obedience according to the Bible?
What is the importance of gratitude and recognition according to the book of Proverbs?
How does the story of Rich and Lazarus warn us about the consequences of greed? (Luke 16:19-31)
What does the Bible teach about God’s final judgment, and what does Malachi 3:18 tell us about it?
