Key Points:
What does it mean to “believe” to the Catholic? Why do the heresies spawned by the phrase “Word became flesh” point to the need for the Catholic Church?”
“Belief” is much more than an intellectual assent. It is giving one’s self over in trust and action. (“Wheelbarrow” story.)
Three heresies were spawned by three consecutive words in John 1:14. We needed the Church (the only Church Christ started, gave the power to “bind and loose” to, gave the Holy Spirit to guide it into all truth) to eliminate the confusion as to who Christ is....and the confusion that still exists today. (See 2Peter1:20 regarding personal interpretation of Scripture. We must read Scripture through the eyes of the Church.
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