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Million Book Collection - The Fishers of Men Ministries

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THE SECOND MAN VERIFIED IN HISTORY.125th the tongs. "7 uTh Hme upon P( tecost pon His birthd "8It is esence one which coi f< rgifts upon the body which He vivifies.It was the will , says S. Augustine9 , <strong>of</strong> the Fatherand the Son that we should have communionwith each other and with <strong>The</strong>m by means <strong>of</strong> thatwhich is common to <strong>The</strong>m, and by that gift tocollect us into one, which, being one, <strong>The</strong>y bothhave ; that is to say, by the Holy Ghost, who isGod, and the gift <strong>of</strong> God. For, says S. Thomas,10the unity <strong>of</strong> the Holy Spirit makes unity in theChurch. It is not by similarity, or by juxtaposition,or by agreement, how much less by concessionsand compromises, that unity exists in thebody <strong>of</strong> Christ, but because the Spirit is one,.becauseall gifts, however various, all functions, howeverdistinct, are distributed by this One.For the same reason truth dwells in this Body,because He is the Spirit <strong>of</strong> Truth. Our Lord Himselfhas denned His great function in this particular,to lead His disciples by the hand11 into alltruth, ' to teach all things, O J and remind <strong>of</strong> all things owhich made up His own teaching. This functionbegan on the day <strong>of</strong> Pentecost, and lasts to the day<strong>of</strong> judgment, and belongs to the Body <strong>of</strong> Christ ,7 S. Aug. torn, iii, pp. 2. 527 8 Ib. torn. v. 47.9 Ib. torn. v. 392 e.10 S. Thomas in Joh. i. lee. 10; " Nam unitas Spiritus Sancti facitin Ecclesia unitatem."

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