Bringing It All Together
Given the many and varied sources from which we derive the Deposit of the Faith, it might seem a chaotic thing, filled with contradictions and confusion. Nothing could be further from the truth. St. Vincent’s simple equation defining the Catholic Faith makes it easy to look past the different surface features of the Anglican, Celtic, Roman, and Orthodox expressions Chrisitianity. It allows us to see the truths inspired and enlivened by the Holy Spirit that run deep in each of these communities.
Underneath the secondary considerations, there is a unity that stands firm against the vagaries of men or the erosion of time. We stand in a tradition that transcends time or place. It challenges rulers and societies. It has shaped and continues to shape the hearts and minds of the highest and lowest of all people. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, this is indeed the Church at her truest and surest, against which the gates of hell cannot prevail.
It is these things that we seek, with God’s help, to claim at COTR. Without these, we are simply a community that offers a warm smile and the hand of friendship; with them, we offer the words of everlasting life through Jesus Christ.