DIVINUM ILLUD. - Encyclical of Leo XIII, of 9 May 1897 (Acta Leonis XIII, 17 [1898], pp. 125-48) concerning the Holy Spirit, his sanctifying work in the Church and in souls, and the consequent duty of remembering him, invoking him and listening to him in his inspirations.

After some preliminary remarks on devotion to the Most Holy Trinity, which should not be lacking in the life of every Christian, the encyclical treats in order of the particular mission of the Holy Spirit; a mission which, carried out one day for the glorification of Jesus during his earthly life, continues and will continue until the end of the world for the benefit of the Church, founded by him. He is, in fact, the guarantee of the supreme ecclesiastical magisterium, to which he assures infallibility; he watches over the growth of the « pusillus grex », which must welcome all peoples; he widely diffuses his charisms and his gifts of light, strength and love in souls, in which he dwells through Grace, producing that splendid flowering of heroic souls and of saints, which form the finest ornament of the Church.

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BIBL.: A. Vermeersch, Méditations pour la Pentecôte, in Méditations sur la Ste Vierge, II, 14th ed., Bruges 1930, pp. 8ᵃ-106ᵃ; R. Plus, In unione con lo Spirito Santo, Turin 1947.

Celestino Testore

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