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Chapter 23: Life in the Body Life Processes of the Body The Life Flows from the Head to the Body In the previous chapter we considered the Mystical Body from the perspective of Christ living in the Church. The present … Continue reading →

Chapter 22: The Mystical Body of Christ Introduction The First Level of Our Understanding of the Church We have seen that the Kingdom of Heaven exists on earth as a religious society through which the gifts of Truth and Life … Continue reading →

Chapter 21: Dispensing the Gifts A Social Religion A Social Being Needs a Social Religion “Religion is a relation of man to God, and a true religion must be true to [the nature of] both [God and man]” (289-3). One … Continue reading →

Chapter 20: The Kingdom Introduction The Tendency to Ignore the Apostles The modern tendency to ignore the devil is paralleled by the tendency to ignore the Apostles (279-3). This tendency “badly falsifies Our Lord’s plan for the continuation of His … Continue reading →

Chapter 19: Redemption Introduction The Doctrine of Redemption The doctrine’s foundation lies in the fact that we have in Jesus a singular case where human acts are done by a divine person. The divine Son of God, was born as … Continue reading →

Chapter 18: The Redeeming Sacrifice Introduction Jesus Is the Way, the Truth and the Life “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me” (Jn 14:6). These three words, way, … Continue reading →

Chapter 17: The Redeemer Redeemed by a Divine Person with a Human Nature Redemption by the Son of God “Notice that it was the second person of the Blessed Trinity who became man, not the First, not the Third, not … Continue reading →

Chapter 16: The Mission of Christ Introduction Christianity and Human History Interlinked The moment that St. Paul refers to as the “fullness of time” has been “dated for us with some precision” by St. Luke. He dates it in reference … Continue reading →

Chapter 15: Between the Fall and the Redemption Redemption in the Fullness of Time The Disease of the Human Race: Puerility As stated in the previous chapter, God knew from the beginning what He do about man’s fall from grace, … Continue reading →

Chapter 14: The Fall of Man Introduction A Note on Sheed’s Enumeration of the Effects of Adam’s Sin In this chapter Sheed speaks well of the effects of Adam’s sin, but his enumeration of these effects is not consistent. For … Continue reading →