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"As I explained in an earlier post, according to the scripture and the early church fathers, all concurred that the Holy Spirit is God and 1/3 part of the Trinity. So far I have found nothing in Thomas Aquinas' writings that disagree with scripture and the early church (albeit I just started looking through his many works)."

No disagreement from any Catholic on this.

I'm just puzzled where this "Holy Spirit is love" started from. This is a very humanistic view like saying "God is Love". God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is so much more than just love and if people think they can boil God down into this one attribute they should read Revelations.

The best I can tell from studying church history this theology began to affected the Catholic Church in the 1400-1600 timeframe during the time of the Renaissance, was a primary reason for the Reformation, and then affected the Protestant denominations through Arminianism.

Ephesians 3 -17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

1 John 4:7-8 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Hmmmm….I wonder why people always use the “God is love” verse in 1st John and not “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” (Deut 4:24). Love is only one attribute of God. For a more balance look at the nature of God you may wish to read Revelations (and Ezekiel in the OT). Please consider the following:

“Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.” Rev 16:1

If we truly understood the wrath of God that is coming, we’d be in church everyday in earnest prayer.