from today's post at Glory to God for All Things by
"All theology finds its proper root in this true knowledge of God.
It should never be mere speculation based on a rational system of thought –
but rather the unfolding of the mystery made known to us in the risen Christ.
The hunger for this true knowledge of God is the very core of the Christian life:
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
The safeguarding of saving knowledge (true participation in the life of God) is the purpose of all doctrine. Every dogmatic statement of the Church has as its sole purpose the safeguarding of true participation in the life of God. Dogma is not an argument over ideas, but a statement that guards the Apostolic witness (which is living and true)."