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To: Blogger
But you accept it as a matter of faith.

I'd have to say 'No'. If I'm understanding your definition here of faith. I didn't choose to accept the Creed. I studied it. I studied the history of it and the Church. I studied scripture. I reflected on my own personal spiritual experience - at this point in my particular path I relied quite heavily on it.

Off topic though it may be, that's my particular case. On topic, there was a clear teaching, I had many long discussions with Priests and teachers speaking authoritatively - as deep or as broad as I wished to know - This is What The Church Believes.

6,194 posted on 01/15/2007 10:02:35 PM PST by D-fendr
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To: D-fendr

Very little faith is blind.

The people you trust are also the ones who wrote the history books.

At some point in time, you are trusting that what the priests and historians are telling you is true. That is faith.


6,211 posted on 01/16/2007 5:08:16 AM PST by Blogger
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