II. The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
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Water.
the symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit’s action in Baptism, since
after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental
sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in
water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine
life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As “by one Spirit we were all
baptized,” so we are also “made to drink of one
Spirit.”27 Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling
up from Christ crucified28 as its source and welling up in us to
eternal life.29
- SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
- ARTICLE 8 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT”
- II. The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
- ARTICLE 8 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT”
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P21.HTM