But The Issue Is Not Only Life

There Is Much In Christianity Which Can Be Subjected To Exact Analysis. But The Ultimate Things Are Shrouded In The Silent Mysteries Of God.

St. Paul Would Say To The Philosophers That God Created Man So That He Would Seek The Divine, Try To Attain The Divine. That Is Why All Pre-christian Philosophy Is Theological At Its Summit.

Faith Means The Fundamental Response To The Love That Has Offered Itself Up For Me. It Thus Becomes Clear That Faith Is Ordered Primarily To The Inconceivability Of God's Love, Which Surpasses Us And Anticipates Us. Love Alone Is Credible; Nothing Else Can Be Believed, And Nothing Else Ought To Be Believed. This Is The Achievement, The 'work' Of Faith: To Recognize This Absolute Prius, Which Nothing Else Can Surpass; To Believe That There Is Such A Thing As Love, Absolute Love, And That There Is Nothing Higher Or Greater Than It.

We Are Not Only Interested In Those Aspects Of The Mystery Of The Roman Catholic Church Which Set Her Apart From The Other Christian Communities, But Also To Show How Often They Are Central Beliefs By Describing What Is Specifically Catholic In Such A Way That The Partner In Dialogue Can See, Even From His Own Standpoint, The Inner Consistency.

But The Saints Are Never The Kind Of Killjoy Spinster Aunts Who Go In For Faultfinding And Lack All Sense Of Humor. (nor Should The Karl Barth Who So Loved And Understood Mozart Be Regarded As Such.)for Humor Is A Mysterious But Unmistakable Charism Inseparable From Catholic Faith, And Neither The "progressives" Nor The "integralists" Seem To Possess It - The Latter Even Less Than The Former.