The spirit of the body of Christ: the Holy Spirit's indwelling in the church

Contrary to present-day tendencies in theology, the author argues that the church is the exclusive place of the work of the Holy Spirit, with reference to early church fathers such as Cyprian and Augustine, and to the New Testament. The Spirit is the presence of Christ who indwells his body. Theref...

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Main Author: A. van de Beek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2013-06-01
Series:Acta Theologica
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2507
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description Contrary to present-day tendencies in theology, the author argues that the church is the exclusive place of the work of the Holy Spirit, with reference to early church fathers such as Cyprian and Augustine, and to the New Testament. The Spirit is the presence of Christ who indwells his body. Therefore, the concept of social Trinity is rejected. As the Spirit of the Crucified, the Spirit displays the same strength in weakness: a pneumatologia crucis is the consequence of a christologia crucis as aspects of a theologia crucis. Specific attention is paid to I Corinthians.
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spelling doaj-art-125d0ece9c56460b9eee58574cc745be2025-02-11T09:58:10ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892013-06-0133110.38140/at.v33i1.2507The spirit of the body of Christ: the Holy Spirit's indwelling in the churchA. van de Beek0VU University, Netherlands & Stellenbosch University, South Africa & Sárospataki Reformed Theological Academy Contrary to present-day tendencies in theology, the author argues that the church is the exclusive place of the work of the Holy Spirit, with reference to early church fathers such as Cyprian and Augustine, and to the New Testament. The Spirit is the presence of Christ who indwells his body. Therefore, the concept of social Trinity is rejected. As the Spirit of the Crucified, the Spirit displays the same strength in weakness: a pneumatologia crucis is the consequence of a christologia crucis as aspects of a theologia crucis. Specific attention is paid to I Corinthians. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2507
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