Emphasis Preaching Journal
No doctrine of our faith...
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No doctrine of our faith stirs up such controversy as that of the Holy Spirit. It is subject to extremes; people either claim too much or too little about it. The range goes all the way from ridiculousness to silence. The hymn Veni Sancte Spiritus, written by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, around A.D. 1200 goes a long way toward highlighting the work of the Spirit in a more balanced way that we have come to expect:
O Holy Ghost
Come down from heaven's height,
Give us Thy light.
O Father of the poor,
All gifts to men are Thine
O Holy Ghost
Come down from heaven's height,
Give us Thy light.
O Father of the poor,
All gifts to men are Thine
