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=== A wise and learned, and very confused man === | === A wise and learned, and very confused man === | ||
Without straying into the theological implications of finding, or "un-covering,"<ref>"un-cover", "dis-cover", "in-vent" all mean to reveal what already exists, and not to create anew. Uncover and discover are obvious, but "invent" comes form ''in-'' (into) + ''venire'' (to come), i.e. come into something that already exists.</ref> what God "hides," a look at [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/3?1 John 3] and the secret meeting with Nicodemus, we can see how God wants us to "uncover" (un-hide) himself through both reason and belief. Jesus tells | Without straying into the theological implications of finding, or "un-covering,"<ref>"un-cover", "dis-cover", "in-vent" all mean to reveal what already exists, and not to create anew. Uncover and discover are obvious, but "invent" comes form ''in-'' (into) + ''venire'' (to come), i.e. come into something that already exists.</ref> what God "hides," a look at [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/3?1 John 3] and the secret meeting with Nicodemus, we can see how God wants us to "uncover" (un-hide) himself through both reason and belief. Jesus tells Nicodemus, quite literally, | ||
''“Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”'' | ''“Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”'' | ||
Nicodemus replies rather "reason"-ably: | Nicodemus replies rather "reason"-ably: | ||
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thus bringing us to the <u>logical</u> conclusion that reason cannot know him, only faith: | thus bringing us to the <u>logical</u> conclusion that reason cannot know him, only faith: | ||
''"Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God."'' | ''"Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God."'' | ||
Here at night, in a dark room, and in a secret meeting, Jesus next lays | Here at night, in a dark room, and in a secret meeting, Jesus next lays it all down upon poor Nicodemus, the incomprehensible<ref>see the [[Senses of Scripture]] for the interpretational tools of the ''literal'', the ''allegorical'', the ''moral'' and the ''anagogical.''</ref> meaning of it all, | ||
"But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God." ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/3:21 Jn 3:21]) | "But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God." ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/3:21 Jn 3:21]) | ||
Going back to Matthew 11, in his prayer to the Father, Jesus says, | Going back to Matthew 11, in his prayer to the Father, Jesus says, | ||