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,r belieye in the Holy Ghost" who. on the dav OF
pentecost descended upon the primitive Christian
community OF Chrst's own disciples in theophanic
form Of fiery tongues taking possession OF them
throwing them into the ecstatic state In which
.ome spake unintegible sounds. others interpreted
The wonderful works of God. and ST. Peter spake
NE master word. recognizing the Christ enthroned
az the Lord OF ALL the Kingdom of Christ as estab-
usbed In the world and the divine spirit as its per-
nanently present and ever-indwellng personal in
euence and power.
The divine spirit the day OF Pentecost or
ranized the Church a holy temple and from that
dav 10 this and onward until the end OF the Mes
Sanic age these words OF St Paul are in process OF
realization
80 then We are no more strangers and sojourners.
but we fellow-citizens with the saints and of
the household of God, being built upon the founda-
ton Of the Apostles and Prophets Christ Jesus
himself being the chief cornerstone. in whom each
several buildings ntly framed together groweth into
3 holy temple in the Lord: in whom we also
builded together for an habitation OF God and the
Spirit" (Ephesians H. 1929 The Church has ever
been advancing In doctrine In worship in organza-
ton and in life. under the impulse Of the indwell
ing Spirit toward the realization OF Its glorious
destiny.
THE INDwELLING OF THE SPIRIT.
According 10 the teaching Of ST. Paul. the indi-
ydduai Christian is also temple of the Holy Ghost.
who resides within. Know We not that your body
,s 2 temple Of the Holy Ghost. which is in YOU" q
corinthians VI 49, Through the divine spirit the
Christian is regenerated through the divine spirit
he is sealed and confirmed for his final salvation:
through the divine spirit he grows In knowledge. In
grace in holiness. in his advance toward the
perfection which is his ideal aim and ultimate des-
tiny.
Jesus in His last discourse with His eleven faith
fu Apostles reported in the Gospel OF st. John.
teacher,
their guide and friend. would be taken from them.
but that He would send another Paraclete. that is.
counsellor teacher and friend. who would guide
into ali the truth. When ne. the Spirit Of Truth,
is come. he shall guide you into all the truth.
John xvi. 49,
These precious words Of Jesus have been the
comfort and hope Of His disciples. AS their back
ground the Apostles had the teaching OF the
canon OF the Old Testament and the historic
guidance unto truth of the pre-Christian prophets
They back Of them long line Of develop
ment in the advance toward the truth; but the
whole truth not to be found In the Old Tesla
rnent They saw back OF them the teaching
OF Jesus. which they had enjoyed in their familiar
association with the Lord during those precious
months passed. They had learned from His
holy lips so much Of divine truth that II seemed
as IL they knew little OF nothing before. He had
led them into heights and breadths and depths OF
truth beyond the scope OF the greatest Of the Old
Testament prophets. AS our Lord told His dis
cipes: Among them that are born OF women
there hath not arisen a greater than John the
Baptist: yet ne that is but little in the Kingdom
OF Heaven is greater than he" CMatthew H. p
NEW REALMS OF TRUTH
With all this wondrous background Of truth In
the teaching OF the Old Testament prophets and
Of John the Baptist and OF Jesus the Messiah
there were stin before them realms Of holy and
divine truth into which they had not entered. into
Iasu OOf which
were reserved for the guidance Of the Divine Spirit
And 30 on the day OF Pentecost in accordance
with the promise Of Jesus the world entered into
a new and higher epoch. the age Of the Holy
Ghost an age whose chief characteristic was 10
be the guidance Of the Divine Spirit into all truth
and into all life. Jesus certainly did not mean TO
limit His promise TO the eleven Apostles. He did
not promise them that they and they alone would
be led into all the truth. that the whole truth
would be given into their possession by the Divine
Spirit for themselves and for others What He
evidently meant was that the Divine Spirit. dur
ing the OF the Spirit, would lead His disciples
His Church. into all the truth. No one can read
the New Testament and compare IL with the Old
Testament without seeing the wonderful advance
into truth that has been made. Truly new dis
pensation was inaugurated at Pentecost.
But however great and glorious was the ad-
vance of the Apostles and the prophets in the
knowledge OF the truth. they did not grasp Tor
themselves and they did not record or transmit 10
us the whole truth of God. All truth Is not IN
the sacred deposit Of the Church. All truth is not
IN the drift of tradition. AS the truth Of the New
Testament is based on the truth of the Old Tesla
ment so the truth into which the Church ad-
vanced after the Apostolic age Is based upon the
whole truth OF Holy Scripture. The sacred de-
post Of truth in Holy Church. the sacred record OF
truth in Holy Scripture must ever remain the
sacred nucleus the holy norm the infallible
touchstone and test of all truth but II is not and
cannot be and never has been regarded by the
Church as being the whole truth OF God Inc
Church began al once. after the completion or
the canon on the New Testament. the composition
Of creeds, Of nturgies and of canons, in which 10
codfy and express it's faith and its life, and that
work went on through the centuries whenever the
church was living and powerful, and 1t will con-
tinue until the end OF the world.
TO BE TRANSLATED INTO LIFE.
AS regards the truth that is contained in the
record OF Holy Scripture and in the deposit OF
Holy Church. 1t is insufficient 10 receive II merely
a deposit. record. by tradition ana on
trust Christian truth is not bare doctrine. re-
curing intellectual assent and submission TO au-
thority Christian truth is not something 10 be
kept in our Bibles and our churches. and faith
fully transmitted In holy institutions Christian
truth is not designed for the institution or for the
intellectual and the merely physical appropriation
i is doctrine animate with the divine power
pulsating with divine life, imparting grace, conf
dence gertrude holy JOY and courage 10 all who
possess IT. Christian truth Is 10 be Translated INTO
Christian life and Christian conduct The truth
Of Holy Scripture and OF Holy Church Is not on
the surface 10 be appropriated by any idle person
or incident. careless passer-by. IT Is not Tor the
sluggard or the dullard. There s sufficient IN
salvation for all who would be saved, even for
the simplest minded. the little child. the poor and
the ignorant the heather and the outcast GOD
requires little for the beginner In salvation But
Christianity is something more than an infant
class St Paul warned the Ephesians that Christ
had given the ministry FOR the perfecting OF the
saints unto the work OF ministering unto the
building up Of the body of Christ till we all attain
under the unity OF the faith. and OF the knowledge
Of the Son Of God. unto a full-grown man. unto
the OF the stature OF the fulness or CHRIST
that we may be no longer children. tossed to and