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The creed tells us, “We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.” This clause emphasizes a teaching of the ancient Church that would later be denied by the rise of anabaptism. Anabaptism taught that infant baptism was a waste of time and said that you must be baptized as

Fr. Simon Tugwell notes that the very first thing we should know about prayer, according to St. Paul, is that we do not know how to do it. Paul makes this fact clear when he tells the Romans that the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not

In my last column, we looked at a few of the most popular excuses devised by us Christians for avoiding the command to forgive enemies.  But there are still others. One common dodge is to say, “God does not forgive impenitent sinners.  Why should we be held to a higher