The Resurrection Of The Body
By DON FIER The centrality and foundational importance of article 10 of the Creed (“I believe . . . in the forgiveness of sins”) cannot be exaggerated. Simply stated, the all-encompassing reason mankind is in need of a Redeemer is because he separated himself from an infinite, all-loving God through sin. Without reconciliation, mankind is unable to attain the final end for which he was created: communion with God. When asked why he became a Catholic, G.K. Chesterton acknowledged this primordial need and gave his well-known response: “To get rid of my sins.” “The mission and the power to forgive sins through the ministry of the apostles and their successors,” teaches the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), “[is] the…Continue Reading