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1265 - Thomas Aquinas Wrote About The Gift Of ...
Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 9, 2008 (message contributor)
1265 - Thomas Aquinas wrote about the gift of tongues in the New Testament, which he understood to be an ability to speak every language, given for the purposes of missionary work. He explained that Christ did not have this gift because his mission was to the Jews, "nor does each one of the faithful now speak save in one tongue"; for "no one speaks in the tongues of all nations, because the Church herself already speaks the languages of all nations".[59]
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To Illustrate The Need Christians Have For One ...
Contributed by L. Paul Lafferty on Jun 27, 2005
To illustrate the need christians have for one another, I use a story my sister in law told me. If your hand get amputated for any reason and is not reconnected with the body, it does not go on and strive to live on it’s own. No, it dies. The same thing happens to us ...read more
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I Must Forgive PRO
Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 10, 2004
I MUST FORGIVE Sister Helen Prejean, in her book Dead Man Walking, tells the story of Lloyd LeBlanc, a Roman Catholic layman, whose son was murdered. When he arrived in the field with the sheriff’s deputies to identify his son, LeBlanc immediately knelt by his boy’s body and prayed the Lord’s ...read more
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