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[[File:Louis_Maurice_Boutet_de_Monvel,_The_Trial_of_Joan_of_Arc_(Joan_of_Arc_series_-_VI),_c._late_1909-early_1910,_NGA_195567.jpg|alt=|none|thumb|850x850px|<small>The Trial of St. Joan of Arc: the childlike versus "the wise and the learned"</small><ref>Painting: ''The Trial of Joan of Arc'' (Joan of Arc series: VI) ''by'' Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)</ref>]]From the Book of Matthew, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?25 Chapter 11:25]: | [[File:Louis_Maurice_Boutet_de_Monvel,_The_Trial_of_Joan_of_Arc_(Joan_of_Arc_series_-_VI),_c._late_1909-early_1910,_NGA_195567.jpg|alt=|none|thumb|850x850px|<small>The Trial of St. Joan of Arc: the childlike versus "the wise and the learned"</small><ref>Painting: ''The Trial of Joan of Arc'' (Joan of Arc series: VI) ''by'' Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)</ref>]]From the Book of Matthew, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?25 Chapter 11:25]: | ||
< | <blockquote>At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike."</blockquote> | ||
While teaching at a Catholic high school, a colleague tried to convert me. Of a protestant background, but not even baptized, I was one of those enlightened moderns who felt good about God and Jesus but not so much as to be troubled by belief, and certainly not at the expense of "reason." My colleague's argument was that I was over-intellectualizing faith: instead, I should approach God “like a child,” you know, "childlike." | While teaching at a Catholic high school, a colleague tried to convert me. Of a protestant background, but not even baptized, I was one of those enlightened moderns who felt good about God and Jesus but not so much as to be troubled by belief, and certainly not at the expense of "reason." My colleague's argument was that I was over-intellectualizing faith: instead, I should approach God “like a child,” you know, "childlike." | ||