Title: The spirit in the church /
Authors: Rahner, Karl, 1904-1984; Rahner, Karl, 1904-1984.
Publisher: Seabury Press,
Year: 1979
Subjects: Holy Spirit; Gifts, Spiritual
Contents: Part 1 Experiencing the Spirit -- Testimony of Scripture and the experience of the Spirit -- Individual experiences and the one fundamental experience of the individual -- Is there such a thing as experiencing the Spirit? -- Testimony of the mystics -- Longing fro the power of the Spirit -- Can we experience the Spirit? -- Experiencing the unutterable mystery -- God the inclusive but illimitable ground -- Unrestricted movement of the Spirit and the bestowal of grace -- Everyday experience and the experience of the Spirit -- Experiencing the Spirit and actual life -- Living as people of the Spirit -- Everyday mysticism and the grace of Jesus Christ -- Sharing in the victorious death of Jesus -- Experiencing the Spirit is not elistist -- Everyday mission -- Part II Charismatic element in the church -- Charisma of office -- Non-institutional charismata -- thesis -- church teaching -- Possibility of institutional regulation of a gift of the Spirit -- Lesser and greater spiritual gifts -- Consequences -- Toleration of a Charisma by official authority -- democratic church -- Inevitable disagreement in the church -- burden of a charisma -- courage to receive new gifts -- Part III some criteria for genuine visions -- Part IV Prophecies.