Posted on 08/21/2003 2:36:42 PM PDT by Akron Al
Flannery O'Connor has some memorable observations pertinent to this discussion:
"Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom. According to St. Thomas [Aquinas], prophetic vision is not a matter of seeing clearly, but of seeing what is distant, hidden. The Church's vision is always prophetic vision; it is always widening the view."
I might add here that mystery is the guardian of faith -- and faith is what must be preserved because faith is what links us to a Person -- One who refers to himself, let it be remembered, as Bridegroom.
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