Coakley ( God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay ‘On the Trinity’ 
“The Spirit’s ‘protoerotic’ pressure, felt initially as a propulsion towards divine union, must inexorably bring also – as the Spirit of the Son – the chastening of the human lust to possess, abuse, and control. This breaking, stopping, and chastening is a necessary prelude to the participatory transformation of all human, and often misdirected, longings – so that they may become one with God’s.”
The Spirit draws humans together in union while simultaneously interposing between them, and as the between He acts as “the guardian of human integrity.” This is what Paul can say that the same Spirit that inflames love (Romans 5:1) also gives the gift of self-control (Galatians 5).
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
How the State Failed Noelia Castillo
On March 26, Noelia Castillo, a twenty-five-year-old Spanish woman, was killed by her doctors at her own…
The Mind’s Profane and Sacred Loves
The teachers you have make all the difference in your life. That they happened to come into…
History’s Pro Tips on Iran
Nothing in human experience compares to the wars of the last 120 years. Their scope has grown…
