The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan, we are told that "the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove." ...

Say “Holy Spirit,” and most imagine a dove or tongues of fire gently descending. But the Celts envisioned something wilder: a goose in flight—honking across the sky, untamed and impossible ...

The Spirit like a dove descended on him. A voice from heaven ... God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. To a mathematician, three in one may not sound mathematically correct, but ...

With the help of the Holy Spirit, believers are able to revive the memory of Jesus as a living and current presence ...

See how the Old Testament female dove received by the savior of mortal life, Noah, prophecies the New Testament Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him. See how Jesus ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated Pentecost Mass with participants in the Year of Hope’s Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, ...

“The Spirit is the dove of peace who calms us ... the different aspects of the help given to believers when the Holy Spirit descended from heaven at Pentecost. He is called the teacher, wind ...

A painting on a Catholic church's ceiling depicts the Holy Spirit descending upon the apostles. (CNS/Octavio Duran) Pinnock likewise picks up on the theme of the Spirit's seeming elusiveness and ...

Pentecost, said Fr. Louis Cona of New York, is the "preeminent celebration of the Holy Spirit" — and is celebrated on Sunday, May 19, seven weeks after Easter. Cona is a priest of the Diocese of ...

For that reason, we often believe that representations of the Holy Trinity follow internationally and unconditionally accepted conventions: God in Heaven, a dove descending toward Christ ...