We can distinguish between accidental and intentional discipleship by considering what the world regards as the false teachings of the Church: “This is hard saying; who can listen to it?” (Jn 6:60)
Returning to our baptismal churches might be difficult, but other customs could be developed even if we cannot visit our mother church on Mothering Sunday.
Before Christ the Scriptural witness to eternal life and the resurrection of the body lacks the clarity we associate with the New Testament and the Church.
Because the human person participates in God’s eternal life through grace, one way of expressing this tremendous dignity is to describe it as “infinite”.
This new Declaration is a deliberate consolidation of the teachings on human dignity of the last few popes, which makes it a rich and effective document.