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FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE

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a reality corresponding to these sensations, emotions?" And to this last question faith alone can

Is there

sensations?

impressions,

as the question,

answer "yes." in precisely the same manner consciousness and from whether I obtain certainty from my own its "yes" exclusively receives axiomata, the from my senses and

and only by

To

faith.

invisible, such as love, obtain certainty regarding the things the righteousness, and holiness, the mystic body of

faithfulness,

things that pertain to the mystery of Immanuel. in the Lord our the personal life in my fellow men. in ordained way; not as God. faith is the proper and only divinely only much more inferior to knowledge, but equal to it,

Lord-in a word, regarding

something certain, and from which

As regards the

knowledge derives

its

certainty.

objection, that the Sacred Scripture declares that

be turned into sight,

faith shall

ing in

all

all

we say

that this

"

sight" has noth-

with the sight by means of the senses. God sees senses. things, and yet He does not possess any of the

common

and knows His sight

all

is

an immediate act of penetration, with His

the essence and consistence of

To Adam

all things.

Spirit, into

in Paradise

was imparted; something of this immediate wisdom and knowledge image of God. And but by sin he lost that glorious feature of the shall be restored to Scripture promises that this glorious feature God's children, in the Kingdom of Glory, in measure than in Paradise.

much more

glorious

sojourn as pilgrims, not yet possessing the inward status, our glorified body any more than the glory of our in sight our consist contact with the invisible world does not yet the things into lacks the power to penetrate immediately But. while

we

still

;

mind

still

depend upon the impressions and sensations regardproduced by them. Wherefore we can have no certainty Still, faith. direct by ing these impressions and sensations, except

invisible

;

and we

still

each other's existing and living as pilgrims together, we believe in God the Fain believe love, good faith, and honesty of character we the Holy in believe in our Savior, and in the Holy Spirit we ;

ther,

;

Catholic Church;

we

believe in

the forgiveness of

sin,

the res-

And we do not beurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. really lieve in all these with the secret after-thought that we would be would that for prefer to kno^u them, instead of beliei<ing them :

just

as absurd as to say. of an organ concert: "Really

I

would

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