Once \u201cacts of unbelief\u201d fills the slot of actuality, then it becomes clear that the human faculties \u201cof nature\u201d are flawed.\u00a0 The intellect and will have been so occluded by the Fall that they cannot see through the fog.\u00a0 (Translation: Those bishops selling indulgences in order to build a fancier Renaissance Style Cathedral than the other dioceses did not have the smarts or the love-of-Christ to see through their own charade: See \u201cTower of Babel\u201d above).<\/p>\n
Once \u201cacts of unbelief\u201d fills the slot of actuality, it also becomes clear that whatever puts these acts into context has to be powerful and capable of acting as a crutch for a mechanically flawed intellect and will.\u00a0 Otherwise, we are fated to follow our acts of unbelief to our own destruction.<\/p>\n
What was required of God to save humanity?<\/p>\n
Today we call it: \u201cBeing born again.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Martin Luther, the Sacrament of Baptism took on a whole new role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once \u201cacts of unbelief\u201d fills the slot of actuality, then it becomes clear that the human faculties \u201cof nature\u201d are flawed.\u00a0 The intellect and will have been so occluded by the Fall that they cannot see through the fog.\u00a0 (Translation: Those bishops selling indulgences in order to build a fancier Renaissance Style Cathedral than the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n