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227“I shall go to the Father, and he shall send you another apostle whose name shall be Periqlytos, that he may remain with you for ever.” Now with the additional italicized words, both the robbed modesty of Jesus (pbuh) is restored and the nature of the Periqlyte identified.Wehave already seen that the Periqlyte is not the Holy Spirit, that is to say, a divine person, Gabriel, or any other angel. It now remains to prove that the Periqlyte could not be a consoler nor an advocate between God and men.1. The Periqlyte is not the “Consoler” nor the “Intercessor.” We have fully shown the material impossibility of discovering the least signification of “consolation” or of “intercession”. Christ does not use Paraqalon. Besides, even from a religious and moral point of view the idea of consolation and intercession is inadmissible.(a) The belief that the death of Jesus (pbuh) upon the Cross-redeemed the believers from the curse of original sin, and that hisspirit, grace, and presence in the Eucharist would be for ever with them, left them in need of no consolation nor of the coming of a consoler at all. Onthe other hand, if they needed such a comforter, then all the Christian presumptions and pretentions concerning the sacrifice ofCalvary fall to the ground.In fact, the language of the Gospels and that of the Epistles explicitly indicates that the second coming Jesus (pbuh) upon the clouds was imminent (Matt. xvi. 28; Mark ix. 1; Luke ix. 27; 1 Johnii. 18; 2 Tim. ii. 1; 2 Thess. ii. 3, etc.).(b) Consolation can never make restitution of the loss. To console a man who has lost his sight, wealth, son, or situation, cannot restore any of those losses. The promise that a consoler would be sent by God after Jesus (pbuh) had gone would indicate the total collapse of all hope in the triumph of the Kingdom of God. The promise of a