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Questions / God and the Trinity

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Church teaching

Answered on video by Bishop Robert Barron

Video: Bishop Barron on The Holy Spirit, Bishop Robert Barron, published May 30, 2012. Checked 10 October 2026. Loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only when you press play. Watch on YouTube

In short: God. The third Person of the Trinity, equal with the Father and the Son, not a force or a feeling. CCC 685

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

The Holy Spirit is one of the Persons of the Trinity, of one substance with the Father and the Son, worshipped and glorified with them. CCC 685

Our words

Not a force, not a feeling, not a vibe. Someone. The same Spirit who came at Pentecost is the one who prays in you when you don’t know what to say.

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Sources on this page

How we know · 1 Catechism paragraph
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 685 (official text on vatican.va).

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