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“Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11
Stand firm. Know why.
Courage, not conquest. The battle St. Paul describes is spiritual, and the case for the Catholic faith is stronger than many people have been told.
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The armour of God
- Truthloins girt about with truth
- Justicethe breastplate of justice
- Peacethe gospel of peace
- Faiththe shield of faith
- Salvationthe helmet of salvation
- The word of Godthe sword of the Spirit
“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood.” Ephesians 6:12 Our fight is never against people. St. Michael fought the dragon, not his neighbours. Revelation (Apocalypse) 12:7
The Case
Who decided which books are in the Bible?The Church recognized the list gradually, over centuries.Who wrote the New Testament?Members of the Church: apostles and men associated with them, writing inside a Church that was already preaching, baptizing and breaking bread.Who carries the apostles’ authority today?The bishops, as successors of the apostles, united with the Bishop of Rome as Peter’s successor.Did the first Christians believe the Eucharist is really Christ?Yes.How far back does the Catholic Church go?To the apostles.Where did hospitals and universities come from?Not from the Church alone, but the Church built Christian hospitals for the sick and poor from the fourth century, and Europe’s first universities grew out of its cathedral and monastic schools.Heroes of the faith
Fortitude “enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions.” CCC 1808 The Church holds up the saints “as examples who draw all men to the Father through Christ.” CCC 1173
“I seek him who died for us; I desire him who rose for us.”
“About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.”
“Nothing can come but that that God wills.”