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Against a nihilistic sentiment that little is of real consequence, Catholicism insists that everything is of consequence because everything has been redeemed by Christ. Grace perfects nature; it does not destroy it, as agape does not obliterate eros. Grace strengthens human love by inwardly ordering it once again to God. The Protestant insistence on individually inspired enthusiasm and charism rather than revealed, deposited doctrine, on Scripture apart from interpretation by the Church in history, denies t
A Religious Rule of Law