TCR 139 - One in the Lord

TCR 139

The Holy Spirit means properly the Divine Truth,
so also the Word;
and in this sense the Lord is Himself
also the Holy Spirit.
But the present-day church uses the term 'Holy Spirit'
to describe the way God works,
that is, the actual process of making a person righteous,
so this is the meaning given here to the Holy Spirit . . ..

. . . the activity of God takes place
by means of the Divine Truth
which proceeds from the Lord;
and that which proceeds
is of one and the same essence
as He from whom it proceeds.
This is like the trio of soul, body and what proceeds
making up a single essence,
which in the case of a human being is purely human,
but in the case of the Lord
is Divine and human at the same time . . ..
So the three essentials called
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
are one in the Lord.