{"id":49354,"date":"2023-08-14T18:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T22:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=49354"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:06:53","slug":"church-on-a-precipice-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/church-on-a-precipice-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Church On a Precipice – Part II","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Black Madonna of Cz\u0119stochowa<\/em> – profaned<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you live in a time that no man will give you good counsel, <\/strong><\/span>
\nnor any man give you good example, <\/strong><\/span>
\nwhen you shall see virtue punished and vice rewarded<\/strong><\/span>…
\nstand fast, and firmly stick to God upon pain of life…
\n<\/strong><\/span>\u2014 Saint Thomas More,
\nbeheaded in 1535 for defending marriage
\nThe Life of Thomas More: A Biography by William Roper<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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ONE\u00a0<\/b>of the greatest gifts Jesus left His Church was the grace of infallibility<\/em>. If Jesus said, “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32), then it is imperative that every generation know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what the truth is. Otherwise, one could take a lie for truth and fall into slavery. For…<\/p>\n

…everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. (John 8:34)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, our spiritual freedom is intrinsic<\/em> to knowing the truth, which is why Jesus promised, “When He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to all truth.” <\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/a>John 16:13<\/span><\/span>