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Date Posted: 06:27:54 05/17/07 Thu
Author: Joan
Author Host/IP: ip72-195-155-244.ri.ri.cox.net / 72.195.155.244
Subject: For Brent -- and everyone

Brent, do you have a copy of the Catechism? Thought I would send this along to you in case you don't.

159 Faith and science: "Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth." "Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are.

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[> Re: For Brent -- and everyone -- Brent (Oregon), 19:44:39 05/22/07 Tue [1] (dialup-ras39-139.eug.or.uspops.net/205.215.249.139)

I have a copy of the Catechism although I haven't read all the way through it. The paragraph you quoted was actually part of the Yahoo news article which got my attention last year and made me start exploring the Church. I thought it was something that the Pope had said.

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