“The three central points of a Christian theology are undoubtedly the doctrine of a triune God, of God the Word made manifest in the flesh of Christ, and of God the Spirit who exposes the revelation of love in the Church and its members.”1 While the first of these three, the triune God, poses no questions to the church, the last two seem to transcend the minds of the Catholic clergy. “God the Word” means that both faith and belief are pillars of understanding in the Catholic tradition. In today's church, belief and faith, without reason, have much less impact than when reason is involved. Society outside the Church is tied to facts and science, so without a logical sense of reason, faith and belief remain stagnant in the minds of the inhabitants. When Von Balthasar describes “God Spirit[,]” as “…expound[ing] the revelation of love…”, the terminology is more of action than contemplation.2 Exhibit is a word of action and movement. , and the Spirit invites the Church to act to multiply the number of those saved. In John McGreevy's Parish Boundaries, the role of the Catholic Church is examined through the desegregation efforts of major urban areas in the early to mid-20th century. In the Catholic Church, the balance between faith, reason, belief and action is a connection that, although its meaning has been diminished over the last two millennia, continues to be at the heart of the Catholic tradition. As the original church of St. Peter required, a balance must be achieved, holding the values of faith, action, faith and reason as equal and necessary measures of the manifestation of Jesus' message. When considering the early church, both the... center of the card... re-odic. This article discusses the evils of liberalism and the rise of the conservative American Catholic.) 9 Ciazza, “American Conservatism” 15. 10 McGreevy, John, Parish Boundaries (Chicago: Chicago Press, 1996), 138. 11 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 73. 12 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 135. 13 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 78. 14 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 148. 15 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 141. 16 Diane Nash: Diane Nash, an African-American native of Chicago who attended Fisk University in Nashville, participated in sit-ins and other forms of protests. She was eventually put in prison and left school to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, where she spoke to groups and urged young liberal Catholics to get involved in the movement. 17 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 142. 18 McGreevy, Parish Boundaries, 188. 19 Von Balthasar, Razing, 101.
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