This is RCT number 35. The Holy Spirit, the Lifegiver.

RCT stands for the Roman Catechism of Trent.

We are on pages 95 to 98.

This is the creed, Article 8, Section C.

God give you his peace in Omipachi Safiri, it's spiritu santi, amen.

O heavenly king, comforter, spirit of truth, who are everywhere present and fillest all things,

treasury of good things and giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us of all impurity,

and save our souls, O good one.

In Omni Pachi, Sifidi, it's bidi to s T, amen. So today's RCT is going to be a little bit

like the CPX, where I'm going to read you the full chunk of the catechism, and then give you my

thoughts on that to follow. So the catechism today on the Holy Spirit, the life giver, This is the last section that we have in the Holy Spirit, at least as this refers to the

creed. And we start with the term the Lord, because the Holy Spirit is the Lord. The catechism of Trent

reads, by confessing the Holy Ghost to be Lord, they declare how far he excels the angels who are the

noblest spirits created by God. For they are all, says the apostle ministering

spirits sent to minister for them, who shall receive the inheritance of salvation? See Hebrews

1, verse 14. Life giver. They also designate the Holy Ghost, the giver of life, because the soul

lives more by its union with God than the body is nourished and sustained of life, because the soul lives more by its union with God, then the

body is nourished and sustained by its union with the soul. Let me read that one more time. I

know I just said I was going to interrupt, but that's amazing. They also designate the Holy Ghost,

the giver of life because the soul lives more by its union with God than the body is nourished

and sustained by its union with the soul.

Since then, the sacred scriptures ascribe to the Holy Ghost this union of the soul with God,

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