of the Holy Spirit (see 1 Cor. 3 and Rev. 21–22). The Triune God created the church to be God’s people and body and bride of Christ in communion one with another, a people who are also constituted in relation to God, to humanity at large, and to the whole of creation. The church’s purpose flows forth from its identity, because the church’s communal identity is purposive. The church has its existence in constitutive relation with God, its own, humanity at large, and the world. Moreover, the church