Who is the Holy Spirit, and how does He proceed in the Trinity?
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Most Holy Trinity, truly and fully God, equal in majesty and glory with the Father and the Son. In the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, Catholics confess: 'I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified.' The Spirit proceeds eternally as the mutual, infinite Love between the Father and the Son, poured into our hearts at Baptism and Confirmation to sanctify us and guide the Church into all truth.
Sources
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 683-701
- John 14:26
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