thread: 2007-02-13 : Exorcism
On 2007-02-16, wundergeek wrote:
(apologies if this posts twice)
Mike:
My understanding is that the Holy Spirit is considered to be at work through the Church (= the company of all faithful), inasmuch as the Church is faithfully carrying out the work of God in the world. I think Paul says in one of his letters to churches that "you" (collectively) are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
I'm not arguing with your description or anything, but that seems to skirt pretty close to the Communion of Saints. (Long story short: Catholics form a community of faith that persists even after death.) Not that this has anything to do with Vincent's Mormon awesomeness. I'm just making an observation.
Any LDSers who care to comment
So, I'm curious here. The SOURCE of the Holy Ghost/Spirit is a huge argument in Catholicism. Hell, the Roman and Orthodox Catholic churches excommunicated each other because they couldn't agree on the genesis of the Holy Ghost/Spirit. (Romans: The HG/S is the love that flows between the father and the son. God = triangle! Orthodox: The HG/S proceeds from the Son, who proceeds from the Father. God = line!)
Are there the same sorts of arguments among Mormons about where the Holy Ghost/Spirit comes from? Or is that a Catholic thing? Or, and this is possible, am I misreading this Holy Ghost thing to mean something mildly analagous to the Catholic Holy Ghost/Spirit when in fact it is actually different? Correct me if I'm wrong here, I don't have a clue.
~Anna
