THE TRUE CHURCH HAS ONE HEAD JESUS CHRIST AND ONE GUIDE THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE TRUE CHURCH HAS

ONE HEAD JESUS CHRIST

AND ONE GUIDE

THE HOLY SPIRIT

　

　The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church,

Holy Orthodoxy, begins all services

with the following prayer to the

The Holy Spiritwho proceeds from the Father
 being our Comforter and Guide

     "O Heavenly King and Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who are everywhere present and fills all things, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and abide in us, cleanse us from every impurity and save our souls, Good One."
 

Why is this prayer so exalted and vital?  

      Our Lord Jesus Christ is the only Head of the Church, and the chief cornerstone and foundation, nor can any man lay a different foundation. After His Ascension into heaven, Christ sent from His Father, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, who alone is the Guide of the Church. Christ would never entrust the Church for which He shed His Blood to any sinful human being, but sent His equal, the Holy Spirit to Keep the Church secure against her enemies. As the Spirit of Truth, He guides her into all truth.

The following is from:
The Prologue of Ochrid by St. Nicolai Velemirovich, Vol. 1 p196: 

HOMILY

‘The Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me."                                              (John 15:26)

The Spirit who acts in these and many similar ways is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of truth, gracious, life-giving and almighty.

     The Spirit of God does not stand against a single word of Christ’s. Therefore, when the Spirit of God deigns to enter a man’s heart, he is a living and true witness of all that Christ said and did, and the man believes with joy and steadfastness. For how could he not believe the greatest and most enduring Eyewitness of and Participator in all the words ,wonders and acts of Christ. Therefore, my brethren, let us pray, before all and above all, that this Eyewitness of and Participator, the Holy and Almighty Spirit, will come into our hearts, that our faith may be a living faith, unwavering and creative of joy. O God the Holy Spirit, You Spirit of truth, come and abide in us. To you God the Son sent God the Holy Spirit into the world to testify of Him to the end of time: "He shall testify of me."