Holy Spirit and Preaching
The Holy Spirit's role in inspiring and guiding preaching — symbolized by the dove whispering sermons to the saints. While Basil was preaching, Ephrem saw a dove whispering the sermon into his ear — "a dove, which is the sign and hieroglyph of the Holy Spirit."
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— While Basil was preaching, Ephrem saw a dove whispering the sermon into his ear.
"Saint Ephrem saw a dove whispering the sermon into his ear — a dove, I say, which is the sign and hieroglyph of the Holy Spirit"