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By the way, the main thing the Church\u2019s Magisterium does is not bind<\/em> but loose<\/em>. That is, it steps in to tell squabbling believers that they can\u2019t issue, nor need they feel bound by, bulls of excommunication over matters of liberty and that Catholics are free to squeeze the toothpaste tube from the middle or from the end (though the Church does dogmatically bind the faithful have the toilet paper unroll from the front, not the back. I, I mean the Church, hates <\/em> it when it unrolls from the back!)<\/p>\n

Anyway:<\/p>\n

A Tale of Two Covenants, Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

A Tale of Two Covenants, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

A Tale of Two Covenants, Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n

A Tale of Two Covenants, Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"