Theology of the Body Explained
Theology is the study of God and of religious truth. The words ‘religious truth' usually fall on deaf ears in our modern day world, but to a chosen few, these two words can be life changing. The word truth, in religious terms, can lead a person to salvation or damnation. Truth, metaphorically speaking, can be like a light enriching its followers with the rays of wisdom, much like the complete and infallible truth of the Catholic Church. It can be obscured, however, and perverted to fit the weaknesses of certain peoples and nations. For example, in the 16th century the truth was forever obscured to fit the weaknesses of one, Martin Luther, a renegade Catholic priest who molded church teachings and sacred scripture to fit his uncontrollable vices, mainly pride and sensuality. For years, certain groups working under the title of ‘Catholic' have pressured local Bishops, as well as Rome, for things such as: an abolition of clerical celibacy, female......
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