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The Progressive Mystery: Tracing the Elusive Spirit in Scripture & Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

A careful exploration of how the identity and mission of the Holy Spirit have been progressively revealed throughout Holy Scripture and then interpreted by the Church. The Progressive Mystery describes how the Spirit has been revealed, understood, and interpreted throughout the sweep of Holy Scripture and the ways in which the orthodox understanding of the mission of the Holy Spirit has...

Having taught pneumatology for many years, I often encounter the idea that the Spirit is not really present in the Old Testament and as such we need to wait for the New Testament before we can know anything of who the Spirit is and what he does. This is a grave mistake and we are impoverished by it. The Spirit saturates (anoints) the Old Testament. The ruach YHWH is variously presented in the Old Testament as a personification of God’s power exercised in judgment or blessing, it empowers leaders,
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