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Nevertheless, the Holy Ghost is sometimes referred to as the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Comforter. [130] Latter-day Saints believe in a kind of social trinitarianism and subordinationism , meaning that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are understood as being unified in will and purpose, but ...
The sacrament of Confirmation is "the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost", and "brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace." [ 4 ] In the Latin Church , the sacrament is customarily conferred only on persons old enough to understand it, and the ordinary minister of Confirmation ...
Laying on of hands is part of Anglican confirmation, [7] anointing of the sick, [8] and other parts of liturgy and pastoral offices. The rubric in the confirmation service requires the bishop to lay only one hand, symbolising that he has less spiritual authority than an apostle (who laid both hands).
The Anointing of David, from the Paris Psalter, 10th century (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris) Anointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. [1] By extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object with any perfumed oil, milk, butter, or other fat ...
The Opus Spiritus Sancti, (literally meaning "Work of the Holy Spirit") is a Catholic organization originating from Germany.It consists of five institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, all dedicated to promoting the mission of the Holy Spirit through various religious and charitable works.
"Received the Holy Spirit" is to equip the disciples for their missionary work (which is dependent on the mission of the Son as stated in verse 21). [4] This represents a symbolic promise for the gift of the Spirit fifty days later at Pentecost ( Acts 2 ). [ 5 ]
In the Catholic Church, the Apostolic Pardon is an indulgence given for the remission of temporal punishment due to sin. The Apostolic Pardon is given by a priest , usually along with Viaticum (i.e. reception of Communion by a dying person, see Pastoral Care of the Sick, USA numbers 184, 187, 195, 201).
Sacred tradition, also called holy tradition or apostolic tradition, is a theological term used in Christian theology. According to this theological position, sacred Tradition and Scripture form one deposit , so sacred Tradition is a foundation of the doctrinal and spiritual authority of Christianity and of the Bible .