Dusza Kościoła

Abstract

The author takes a closer look concerning the soul of the Church based on the dissertation of: Marcial Versiani, De Spiritu Sancto Anima Corporis iuxta doctrinam Litterarum Encyclicarum “Mystici Corporis”, prepared by the Angelicum in Rome, and published in Brasil (Curitiba 1957). – According to Versiani’s synthesis, the Holy Spirit is the Soul of the Mystical Body of Christ (here the author gives reasons why) and the Soul of Christ. Taking on different forms of activity in the Church which is the Mystical Body of Christ: the Holy Spirit lives in and is its Bond of Union (Vinculum Unionis), Source of Life (Spiritus Vitae) and Source of Truth (Spiritus Veritatis). – Other than the Holy Spirit as – the uncreated soul of the Church – some theologians hold that there is a second, created soul of the Church (Bellarmin, Bossuet, Billuart, Perron, de Groot, Billot, Schultes, Tyszkiewicz, Sauras), though some understand it to be faith, hope, love, sanctifying grace, and the never ending assistance of the Holy Spirit while others see it as faith, hope, love together with all the supernatural gifts.