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The final volume of the Theo-Logic focuses on the work of the Holy Spirit. Though Balthasar devotes some thought to the relations within the Trinity and to the problem of the filioque, he spends the better part of the volume presenting his ideas of the objective and subjective aspects of the Spirit’s person and work.

or individual—is given space within this all-sufficient sacrifice to “complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions” (Col 1:24). While it is true that the sacraments belong to the dimension of the objective, ecclesial Holy Spirit, we have strongly emphasized that the work performed by God’s Spirit (the opus operatum) in the (always) two-sided covenant action can never dispense with the cooperation of the human partner (the opus operantis)—even if, in borderline situations, this cooperation
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