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Joe DeKeyser's avatar

I’ve been a Catholic my entire life but I’ve only come to faith (still a Catholic) recently. Like many Catholics, the Bible was something the priest explained during the Sunday homily. I say all this in advance of saying that I am but a rank amateur when it comes to Biblical references. Even so your letter today reminded me of Paul’s letter to the Romans, chapters 6 and 7. He speaks of the conflict between our inner and outer selves and that we essentially are always on that roller coaster. We may be sinners but when we come back to God (maybe with our tails between our legs) we return to life stronger. A bit like Andrew’s screenwriter.

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Theresa Tate's avatar

Certain people I’ve met say: “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” What does this mean? Generally it means “I want to worship God as I understand him, in my own way, and I don’t need some organized church telling me how or why.” Some of these people see themselves as Christians. Fine. But this thinking has led to thousands of denominations in the U. S., with as many takes on who God is and how to worship Him.

During the first seven or eight centuries there arose major heresies that needed to be dealt with for the sake of Christian understanding and unity. Decisions were made based on the communion of the Holy Spirit with all the leaders of the known Christian world praying for guidance. Perhaps we need to learn more about their decisions and the nature of Unity.

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