A Twentieth-Century Classic: Introduction to Christianity

  • Emery de Gaál
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Abstract

But Christian faith really means precisely the acknowledgement that God is not the prisoner of eternity, not limited to the solely spiritual; that he is capable of operating here and now, in the midst of my world, and that he did operate in it through Jesus, the new Adam, who was born of the Virgin Mary through the creative power of God, whose spirit hovered over the waters at the very beginning, who created being out of nothing.1

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Christian Faith Liberation Theology Catholic Faith Spiritual Reality Divine Person 
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