This side of heaven the Church will NEVER be in perfect equilibrium - it’s too reliant on fallible and peccable humans for that.
What we CAN rely on is that that dis-equilibrium will never reach a critical point - in other words the gates of Hell will not prevail, however close they may come to doing so.
Not quite sure what you mean by “tranquil balance,” but, yeah, I think that’s it’s safe to say there was never a “golden age” where the Church had no difficulties at all, internally or externally…
Not quite sure what you mean by “tranquil balance,” but, yeah, I think that’s it’s safe to say there was never a “golden age” where the Church had no difficulties at all, internally or externally…
I agree. The Church always has difficulties, thanks to satan and the other demons who work tirelessly to foil us. But we are still here! Jesus is still with us - until the end of time as He has promised.
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