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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...

in the New and in the Old Testament the term “Holy Spirit” appears infrequently (Ps. 51:11; Isa. 63:10–11).6 Nevertheless the Old Testament is the place to start our investigation as it offers us an indispensable insight into the world of ideas, world-view, and expectations which lie behind the New Testament itself. Here are the Scriptures which formed the belief and understanding of Jesus and his followers, and which in turn were interpreted afresh in light of Jesus’ own life, death, and resurrection.
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