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To: BipolarBob

God’s Word is a person — his Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity, who is head of a mystical body that he animates with his Spirit. I am a single small member of this Body. My faith is communicated to me from other members of this body (whose head is Christ). Christ is spouse of his Church, to whom he is joined in one mystical Body, in a sacramental union. So — I get my faith as a living member of a Body whose head is Christ.

Here’s how I do NOT get my faith: as an atomized individual with intellect and will darkened and corrupted by sin, struggling on my own to understand and make decisions by arbitrarily examining a unique text directing me to embrace teachings I am unwilling to embrace.


140 posted on 09/09/2013 11:47:24 AM PDT by Romulus
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To: Romulus
God’s Word is a person — his Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity, who is head of a mystical body that he animates with his Spirit. I am a single small member of this Body. My faith is communicated to me from other members of this body (whose head is Christ). Christ is spouse of his Church, to whom he is joined in one mystical Body, in a sacramental union. So — I get my faith as a living member of a Body whose head is Christ.

And how did you learn all that and where?

145 posted on 09/09/2013 12:29:22 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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