The Holy Spirit in Its Trinitary and Espousal Nature according to St-Thierry

Eva Reyes-Gacitúa

Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta , Chile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-3785


Abstract

The theologian and mysticist William of St-Thierry elaborates a pneumatological thought centering around espousal dynamism. From this place, the author’s main formulations are reflected from Expositio super Cantica canticorum: First, placing love as a primacy of the Spirit on top of its understanding; second, from the progress of beauty to the source of every good, referring to lovers’ reciprocity and, finally, from the two to only one Spirit. From these axes, we intend to understand and analyze Unitas spiritus, as an economic event in the life of a believer, from whom our author articulates that the Holy Spirit makes possible the unity of Father God and Son, as well as that of God and mankind.

Keywords:

Trinity, Song of Songs, husband, wife, Bridegroom, Unitas spiritus, Beloved

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Published
2020-06-26


Reyes-Gacitúa, E. (2020). El Espíritu Santo en su índole trinitaria y esponsal según Guillermo de Saint Thierry. Verbum Vitae, 37(1), 201–213. https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.4994

Eva Reyes-Gacitúa  ereyesg@ucn.cl
Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta

A university professor at the Department of Theology at the Catholic University of the North in Antofagasta, Chile, doctor in dogmatic theology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago. She was the first Chilean woman who received her doctorate degree at the school of theology of this university.

 

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5233-3785



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