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> Nothing else even comes close.
> Because we are in a fallen world and because we have fallen natures, there are many things that inspire fear in us, and on a purely natural plane, that's sometimes good. We should be afraid of many things. But the natural plane isn't where our major fears should be.
> Even Our Lord told us not to fear the one who can destroy the body. Rather, He told us to fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in Gehenna, which is, of course, Hell. But people just don't trip over a rock and fall into Hell. True, the damned do choose their eternal fate, but that never happens in a vacuum, just as salvation never happens in a vacuum. It always involves others. Even St. Paul is explicit in telling us to get away from bad people because of their potential influence and ability to lead us astray.
> In the fourth century, there was a period in Church history known as the Patristics — the age of the Fathers of the Church — where various great saints with gifted intellects arose and really laid it all out. They spoke in very clear terms, something the Church establishment in the United States would have a fit over today.
> Various chancery types and many bishops would say these saints were divisive, ineffectual, intolerant, non-ecumenical, judgmental — you name it. Pull out any lexicon from the Church of Nice that you like: Today's hierarchy and their supporters in the Catholic media, seminaries, chanceries, etc., would condemn their talk.
> But since these men have passed over to the Church Triumphant (churchmilitant.com), the establishment types don't have to actually condemn them. They just have to ignore them. And brother, they are masters at ignoring them.
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