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Excerpt from Pastoral Letter Addressed to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of St. John
Therefore, it may be truly said that we are living in the age of the Holy Ghost; for the action of this Divine Spirit is the distinguishing mark of the Christian era. To this era the time after Christ which is the last age of the world, the whole burden of the psalms and prophecies of the Old Testament is directed in types and figures. By the divine action of the Holy Ghost in the Church and through the Sacraments, the prophecies that foreshadowed such splendid things to come, are fulfilled the figures that were so vague to men of the olden Dispensation, are realized. Nor, will it profit men ever to look for any fuller revelation of God. His last word has been spoken in committing to the Church His Spirit as the Guardian and Dispenser of the deposit of Christian faith. The Descent of the Holy Ghost is God's last effort for the sanctification of the world: it is Christ's very best for the human family. All this may be clearly seen from the excellence which Christ attributes to our era, noting its superiority over the time when He Himself was dwelling among men, at the very moment that He gave His disciples assurances and promises than which nothing can be more consoling to us all It is expedient to you that I go for if I go not, the Paracletewill not come to you; but if 1 go, lwill send him to you. [aim XV1., 7. It was to comfort them in their affliction at His departure, and to make them aware of the wonderful graces they might expect from the presence of this Divine Spirit, that our Lord gave them this assurance but a little while before He left them. The house on Mount Sion, in which the Apostles were assembled and persevering in prayer, waiting to be endued with power from on high, was, on the day of Pentecost, all filled with the Holy Ghost. Acis 7. This house, at that moment, in a sensible manner most truly represented the Christian Church: The Church is a habitation of God built together in the Spirit. Ep/r. 11 23. From that day till this the Church is the true dwelling place of the Holy Ghost, which He entirely fills. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
