Sharp Faith - Sunday Theology Talks (Week 32)

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Our Theologian in Residence, the Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, continues a year-long course to dive into all the main areas of theology: Faith, Scripture, Tradition, God, Christ, Salvation, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, and the Church – always with an eye to their relevance for spirituality and for everyday life.

The physical temple of Jerusalem was at the heart of the Jewish faith and identity in the Old Testament: it was the only place where it was possible to offer sacrifices to God because it was believed that God was present there in a special way. In the New Testament the Temple is radically ‘spiritualized’: the presence of God is in the hearts and bodies of Christians; as for sacrifices, Paul says in Romans 12.1: “present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship”. Christian churches are only buildings – the real temple are the faithful themselves, because with baptism the Spirit of God comes to inhabit their hearts and bodies. Talking about the Church as the ‘Temple of the Holy Spirit’ emphasizes the main novelty of Christianity: God truly lives in us and we live in him. This means the Church is better understood not as an ‘institution’ but as a ‘living entity’: led not by human beings but directly by the Spirit through the gifts he gives to each Christian – and united first of all by the bond of authentic love.

The Adult Education program at Saint Thomas Church offers sound Christian teaching presented with intellectual vigor, teaching that is grounded in Holy Scripture, mediated by the catholic tradition that is the inheritance of Anglicanism and set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. For more information about our theology program and to receive links for weekly Sunday Theology Talks, please contact Fr. Gioia.

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