Dio può agire nella storia solo con le sue «mani», ossia il Figlio e lo Spirito

Per una teologia delle missioni divine

Abstract

The purpose of this article is first and foremost to present the theological concept of «mission», as put forward by Augustine and further developed by Aquinas. This concept reveals itself as the instrument by which one compre-hends the form of God’s action in history, thus succeeding on the one hand, in demonstrating the continuity between the immanent and economic Trinity and on the other in supporting a healthy theology of the Holy Spirit. In the light of some observations, the proposal to extend the concept of mission by overlapping it with that of the scholastic concept of «temporal procession» is put forth, calling mission every new form of presence of the Son and of the Holy Spirit in history, with some advantages regarding the theological reflection.