"Historians believe the Holy Spirit tradition began with Joachim, a monk born in Calabria circa 1135. He was the abbot of a monastery in Fiore, Italy. He came to believe that the Trinity -- the Father, Son and Holy Ghost -- represented different ages for humanity. The age of the Father was in the past. They were living in the age of the Son, and ahead was the age of the Holy Spirit, according to Joachim's reading of scripture. He foretold that in this new era there would be no separation between everyday life and the sacred. The Empire of the Holy Spirit would bring peace, justice, equality, intolerance. The idea of such a utopia on Earth took hold with many people including Dante, who placed Joachim in paradise in his Divine Comedy."
~ Diana Marcum
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