Thus It Is Necessary To Commence From

The Greatest Tragedy In The History Of Christianity Was Neither The Crusades Nor The Reformation Nor The Inquisition, But Rather The Split That Opened Up Between Theology And Spirituality At The End Of The Middle Ages.

Beauty Is The Disinterested One, Without Which The Ancient World Refused To Understand Itself, A Word Which Both Imperceptibly And Yet Unmistakably Has Bid Farewell To Our New World, A World Of Interests, Leaving It To Its Own Avarice And Sadness.

One Can Understand Nothing Of Christ Without The Mystery Of The Trinity, Nothing Of The Church Without Faith In The Divinity And Humanity Of Christ, Nothing Of The Sacraments Without The Bridal Mystery Between Christian Life Without Christian Faith. Thus, The Present Sermons Revolve Around The Same Center--the Inexhaustible Mystery Of The One Indivisible Faith.

But The Issue Is Not Only Life And Death But Our Existence Before God And Our Being Judged By Him. All Of Us Were Sinners Before Him And Worthy Of Condemnation.

Whoever Removes The Cross And Its Interpretation By The New Testament From The Center, In Order To Replace It, For Example, With The Social Commitment Of Jesus To The Oppressed As A New Center, No Longer Stands In Continuity With The Apostolic Faith.