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Theologians and Their Catholic Authorities: Reminiscence and Reconnoiter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2014

William M. Shea
William M. Shea*
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
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It is difficult to speak calmly and quietly about what one loves passionately, and next to my wife and my children I love the Catholic church more than any other thing. The passion for it has perdured all the years, and grows stronger the longer I live in it even though it must be said that my years with it have been far from easy. I do not love the church because I examined it and found it lovable; I loved it long before I could have examined it, and no examination has lessened my love for it. I cannot go back far enough in time or dig deeply enough in my psychic archaeology to find the root of that love. I think the root is the grace of God, yet I do have memories of important places and persons.

Type
Editorial Essay
Information
Horizons , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Fall 1986 , pp. 344 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © The College Theology Society 1986

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