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" (Merton, 97) This speaks to the premise that have an opportunity live up to the standards and expectations of the Lord and should thus not attempt to diminish Him by reducing ourselves. 4. The Church, while divided into countless denominative cells, is altogether a permanent seat of political power, moral influence and cultural relevance. Its beginnings were, however, the unlikely sequence of events which conveyed the phenomenon of one great man's sacrifices to peoples all over the world. The story of the life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the seedling for the saga of Catholicism as an ethical and ideological leader of the world community.

An instrumental part of the story of Jesus, and thus a foundational belief defining the faith of Catholics, is that the resurrection was a measure of the immortal soul, brought back to earth by God's mercy. It is said that Christ was chosen to demonstrate the immortality of the soul because he was the mortal son of God. But in his life is a reflection of the relationship between God and man. As St. Paul explained it, that Christ was resurrected means that all Christians are preordained for this same immortality. The canonized disciple defends against detractors the relevance of the notion of resurrection to the foundational view that...

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He remarks that "if Christ be preached, that he rose again from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again. And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.' (I Cor., xv, 12 sqq.)." (Boon, 1) This corresponds with discussions in class aimed at elucidating the importance of the soul everlasting in the doctrines of Catholicism. Here, it is said that the death and resurrection of the body does not actually kill the soul, only the life of sin which had encased it. In resurrection, this death is counterbalanced by the commencement of a life of Godly grace. Resurrection is the mortal manifestation of eternal salvation which is projected in the Catholic faith to occur when the son of God comes back to his children.
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Boon, D.J. (2004). General Resurrection. New Advent. Online at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm

Catholic Answers (CA). (1996). Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth. Catholic.com.

Knight, K. (2009). Happiness. New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.

Merton, T. (1958). In My Solitude. MacMillan.

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Works Cited:

Boon, D.J. (2004). General Resurrection. New Advent. Online at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm

Catholic Answers (CA). (1996). Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth. Catholic.com.

Knight, K. (2009). Happiness. New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.

Merton, T. (1958). In My Solitude. MacMillan.
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