The Charismatic Profile of the Church

A theological reading of the Iuvenescit Ecclesia

Abstract

This article is meant to present the ecclesiological contribution of the Letter Iuvenescit Ecclesia by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in order to recover the profound and inseparable interaction in the Church between hierarchical and charismatic gifts. The co-essentiality between them is explained in the light of a pneumatological reflection, in which the peculiarity of the third divine Person is emphasized, in his action ad intra and ad extra.