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The Church has ever proved ind...

The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge

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Just as in a physical body the...

Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual body such as the Church. And since all the faithful are one body, the good of one member is communicated to another; everyone members, as the Apostle says, of one another [Eph 4:25]. For that reason, among the points of faith handed down by the Apostles, is that there is a community of goods in the Church, and this is expressed in the words Communion of Saints.

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The greater the charity of the...

The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.

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What does it take to become a ...

What does it take to become a saint? Will it.

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In the realm of evil thoughts ...

In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.

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The only-begotten Son of God, ...

The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might make men gods.

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Believing is an act of the int...

Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.

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The apostles and their success...

The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.

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Whenever God wakes in us, our ...

Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing.

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By the divine providence [anim...

By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing or in any other way whatsoever.

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It is unlawful to add anything...

It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.

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There being an imminent danger...

There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.

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Faith is God's work within us....

Faith is God's work within us.

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Grace renders us like God and ...

Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature.

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Every truth without exception-...

Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.

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...[sacred] doctrine is especi...

...[sacred] doctrine is especially based upon arguments from authority, inasmuch as its principles are obtained by revelation: thus we ought to believe on the authority of those to whom the revelation has been made. Nor does this take away from the dignity of this doctrine, for although the argument from authority based on human reason is the weakest, yet the argument from authority based on divine revelation is the strongest.

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Sacred Scripture, since it has...

Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least of the truths obtained through divine revelation; thus we can argue with heretics from texts in Holy Writ, and against those who deny one article of faith we can argue from another. If our opponent believes nothing of divine revelation, there is no longer any means of proving the articles of faith by reasoning, but only of answering his objections - if he has any - against fai

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It may well happen that what i...

It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is dazzled by the clearest objects of nature; as the owl is dazzled by the light of the sun. Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence; yet the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things...

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In the end, we know God as unk...

In the end, we know God as unknown.

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The celebration of Holy Mass i...

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

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