“Spirit Christology provides our best mode of access to the theology of the Trinity,” says David Coffey. The Holy Spirit is the point of “contact” between ourselves and the trinitarian life, says Kilian McDonnell. And, in reference to the twofold mission, Bernard Lonergan comments: “Without the visible mission of the Word, the gift of the Spirit is a being-in-love without a proper object; it remains simply an orientation to mystery that
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