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Books to Understand the Holy Spirit Better

Question:

Can you please recommend a book or books to help me understand the Holy Spirit more (foundations in theology / the Bible / Church Fathers / explain the Holy Spirit "as a person" (and not as a "force or action e.g. love").

Answer:

Our first recommendation would be the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), both regarding the Holy Spirit in particular (CCC 687ff.) and the Holy Trinity in general (CCC 232ff.).

A relatively lighter book, though still insightful, is Frank Sheed’s Theology for Beginners and (more in-depth) Theology and Sanity. For a deeper yet treatment, see the relevant sections of Father Matthias Scheeben’s Mysteries of Christianity.

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