The Holy Spirit, life of the Church
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This article by Father Boris Bobrinskoy, drawn from a lecture delivered in 1964 before the Orthodox Brotherhood in France, offers a theological synthesis on the Holy Spirit as a constitutive principle of the life of the Church. Deliberately situated outside the polemics surrounding the *Filioque*, the text adopts a biblical, liturgical, and spiritual approach to show how the Spirit acts jointly with the Word throughout the history of salvation, from Pentecost to the Eucharist. The author develops in particular the central role of the epiclesis as a permanent dimension of ecclesial life, and articulates the relationship between hierarchical institution and prophetic charism. The contribution of the article lies in its capacity to transcend confessional divides by grounding pneumatology in shared liturgical experience, thereby opening renewed ecumenical perspectives for dialogue between East and West.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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