Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The Profession of Faith

and Jesus will send him from the Father’s side, since he comes from the Father. The Holy Spirit will come and we shall know him; he will be with us for ever; he will remain with us. The Spirit will teach us everything, remind us of all that Christ said to us and bear witness to him. The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth and will glorify Christ. He will prove the world wrong about sin, righteous ness, and judgment. 730 At last Jesus’ hour arrives: 117 he commends his spirit into the Father’s hands 118 at the very moment when by his death he conquers death, so that, “raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,” 119 he might immediately give the Holy Spirit by “breath ing” on his disciples. 120 From this hour onward, the mission of Christ and the Spirit becomes the mission of the Church: “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” 121 V. T he S pirit and the C hurch in the L ast D ays On the day of Pentecost when the seven weeks of Easter had come to an end, Christ’s Passover is fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, manifested, given, and communicated as a divine person: of his fullness, Christ, the Lord, pours out the Spirit in abundance. 122 732 On that day, the Holy Trinity is fully revealed. Since that day, the Kingdom announced by Christ has been open to those who believe in him: in the humility of the flesh and in faith, they already share in the communion of the Holy Trinity. By his coming, which never ceases, the Holy Spirit causes the world to enter into the “last days,” the time of the Church, the Kingdom already inherited though not yet consummated. Pentecost 731

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We have seen the true Light, we have received the heavenly Spirit, we have found the true faith: we adore the indivisible Trinity, who has saved us. 123

117 Cf. Jn 13:1; 17:1. 118 Cf. Lk 23:46; Jn 19:30. 119 Rom 6:4. 120 Cf. Jn 20:22. 121 Jn 20:21; cf. Mt 28:19; Lk 24:47-48; Acts 1:8. 122 Cf. Acts 2:33-36. 123 Byzantine liturgy, Pentecost, Vespers, Troparion, repeated after communion.