Nauczanie Benedykta XVI o Duchu Świętym na podstawie homilii w uroczystość Zesłania Ducha Świętego
The Teachings of Benedict XVI about the Holy Spirit in his Homilies on the Solemnity of Pentecost

Summary/Abstract: The article is a theological reflection on the homilies of Benedict XVI preached on the solemnity of Pentecost. The main sources from which the Pope derives the content to preach are the Holy Bible and the liturgy. To a lesser extent he uses the teaching of the Fathers of the Church, the magisterium of the Church and the experience of the saints. In the homilies of the Holy Father, we can distinguish five main theological themes. These are: first, the relation of the Christian Pentecost to the Jewish Pentecost; second, the descent of the Holy Spirit against the story of the Tower of Babel; thirdly, the Holy Spirit, the protagonist of the Church, who is the Body of the Christ; fourth, the one and multiple Church, existing in local communities and also as the universal Church; and fifth, a prayer that, if practiced in an attitude of humility and openness to the Holy Spirit, allows the faithful to surmount human littleness and enter the heights of Christ, which are the true heights of the man.

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