Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually signif…

Flannery O'Connor
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Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1988). Collected Works, New York, NY : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
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