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Hello, I’m Donald Paul. I am husband, father, and former-seminarian who is obsessed with Catholic theology. On my substack In Defense of Theology you will find:

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« Throughout our entire lives, trust in God is tested countless times. Even when we make the sign of the Holy Cross before starting the car, or conversely, when we omit this, we face such an implicit test of trust. Some of these “tests” are small and have no serious consequences. Others can be almost as significant as the trial of Adam a…

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