The Indwelling of the Spirit Today

Authors

  • Bert Daelemans, SJ Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Keywords:

Holy Spirit, Paradox, Dwelling, Experience, Poetry.

Abstract

When retracing the terminology of the indwelling of the Spirit in some dictionaries of spirituality, one might have the impression that it gradually lost its importance in spiritual life. In contrast, this article argues that the traditional image of the indwelling of the Spirit has not lost any of its weight. Such indwelling is not reserved to an elite, but has value for every Christian. Paradoxical thinking helps us to maintain our so cherished autonomy and freedom – even though it is theonomous. I propose four paradoxes for understanding this mystical experience that connects the Holy Spirit with the precious and polyphonic verb «to dwell». Poetry helps us to understand such dynamism intimately. The indwelling of the Spirit is an experience of passive activity, of sweet dependence, of shadowy certainty, and of immanent transcendence.

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Author Biography

Bert Daelemans, SJ, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Sacerdote jesuita flamenco, ingeniero-arquitecto (KU Leuven, Bélgica, 1998) y doctor en teología (PhD KU Leuven, Bélgica, 2013). Su investigación doctoral, por la cual recibió el Premio trienal Academische Stichting Leuven (Humane Wetenschappen) 2015, ofrece un modelo teológico sistemático-fundamental para la arquitectura eclesial contemporánea. En el año 2013-2014 comenzó su docencia en la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Actualmente imparte cursos de Sacramentos en el Ciclo Institucional de Teología (Grado), Pneumatología en las especialidades de Teología Dogmática y Fundamental y de Espiritualidad (Máster), e Introducción al Hecho Religioso en el curso bilingüe de ADE. Sus intereses y escritos pastorales y académicos tratan del trasfondo teológico y espiritual del arte, en particular de la arquitectura. Sus últimos libros son Spiritus loci (Brill 2015), An Ignatian Journey of the Cross (Liturgical Press 2015) y Encuentros en el camino (PPC 2015).

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How to Cite

Daelemans, SJ, Bert. “The Indwelling of the Spirit Today”. Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica 89, no. 350 (September 23, 2016): 547–569. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/estudioseclesiasticos/article/view/7155.

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Vol. 89 No. 350 (2014): Julio-Septiembre

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