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Chapter Five: my favourite chapter so far, by far.

-both "communion" and the "saints" are discussed in this chapter. Now I want to dig deeper into this
-origin of Roman Catholic belief of praying to the saints discussed
-I am moved by the importance of the saints in both uses of the term (ie. all Christians and exemplary Christians) and the sleep metaphor.
-why don't we use the sleep metaphor anymore?

Forgotten Lesson from the Early Church #4: It's okay to be Catholic. But not the modern definition of Catholic.
The problem I have with this chapter is that it's argument is centered on the etymology of the word "catholic" seemingly trying to claim that we can be Catholic using only this definition. If Litfin had flushed his ideas out more and gone deeper here it would have strengthened this chapter.

What we need to learn from the ancient church #3: Heresies are still real today, and we shouldn't be afraid to label them as such. "To be a Christian doesn't just mean practicing a moral lifestyle, quoting from the Bible, and throwing around the name of Jesus as a respectable figure." (PG 30)