Autor: Lonergan, Bernard J.F.

Buch: The Trinune God: Systematics

Titel: The Triune God: Systematics

Stichwort: Vater, Sohn: Sendung des Geistes; Bibelstellen

Kurzinhalt: QUESTION 23 - Do the Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit?

Textausschnitt: QUESTION 23 - Do the Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit?

449b Our answer is that sacred scripture clearly and with certitude teaches the sending of the Holy Spirit by the Father and the Son, although there are fewer texts concerning this mission. (Fs)

Galatians 4.6: 'And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father.'"
John 14.26: 'But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.' See John 14.16-17. (Fs)

John 15.26: 'When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.' See John 16.7 and 1 Peter 1.12. (Fs)

449c Hence, the Holy Spirit who is sent is said to be given (John 14.15; Romans 5.5; 1 Thessalonians 4.8; 1 John 3.24, 4.13), to be received (Romans 8.15; 1 Corinthians 3.2; Galatians 3.2; John 20.22; see 2 Corinthians 11.4), to be had (Romans 8.9; 1 Corinthians 7.40; see Hebrews 6.4;Jude 19), indwelling (Romans 8.9, 11; 1 Corinthians 3.16, 6.19; 2 Timothy 1.14), to be poured out (Titus 3.5; Acts 2.33), to be supplied (Galatians 3.5), to be the pledge of our inheritance (Ephesians 1.14; see 2 Corinthians 1.22; Romans 8.23), to be a seal (Ephesians 1.13, 4.30). (Fs)

449d Besides, as the doctrine of the Son who is sent is not his own but that of the Father, so also the Spirit who is sent does not teach his own doctrine; John 16.13: 'When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears ...'

451a Furthermore, as the Son who is sent is not alone (John 8.16, 29), so also the Spirit who is sent and indwelling is not alone. For after John tells about the Advocate who is to be sent 'to be with you forever' and says that 'he abides with you, and he will be in you' (John 14.16-17), he soon adds, 'We will come to them and make our home with them' (John 14.23). St Paul likewise very easily goes from the Spirit to Christ: '... since the Spirit of God dwells in you' (Romans 8.9), and 'if Christ is in you' (Romans 8.10). Thus, both John and Paul sometimes speak of God abiding (1 John 4.12, 13, 16), and of the temple of God (1 Corinthians 3.16, 6.16). (Fs)