The Inner Life – Setember 18, 2024 – The Creed: God the Holy Spirit

Father John Paul Erickson joins Patrick for the third of a three-day series to discuss The Creed

  • Who is the Holy Spirit?
  • (7:45) What is the Filioque in the creed?
  • What does it mean that the spirit has spoken through the prophets?

(21:14) Break 1

  • Larel – don’t understand how God is spirit.  So why is the holy spirit the third person of the trinity.  Seems like God is already spirit.
  • (27:20) What does it mean to say “I Believe” in the Holy Catholic Church?

(40:50) Break 2

  • (44:32) What is the baptism mentioned in the Creed.
  • What does the resurrection of the dead mean?
Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.