The Catholic University as a link between faith and culture

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Guillermo Malavassi-Vargas

Abstract

"Taking the word John says, Master we have seen one cast demons in your name and have hindered him, for he was not one of ours. Jesus answered them, Do not snbody him, for he that is not against you is with you" (Lk 9:49).


Throughout the centuries that the Church has been in the world, she has always had to face situations similar to those narrated in this Gospel passage. There has always been the zeal, on the part of some, which by excess seeks to enfeed Jesus, God in all his greatness, so that it may be only ours, which results in them coming to believe that somehow it is not of others. Therefore, the Lord's warning "he who is not against you is with you" has also found a place in the wisdom of Christians who have better understood things, within that spirit of the Lord. From there the caption of St. Augustine read at the beginning, when it was his turn to face the question of how Christians should value the wisdom of the pagan world, to which he replied: "Quisquis bonus verusque christianus est, Domini sui esse intelligat ubicumque invenerit veritatem." Wise solution from yesterday, wise solution forever.

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Malavassi-VargasG. (2021). The Catholic University as a link between faith and culture. Acta Académica, 32(Mayo). Retrieved from http://webservertest.uaca.ac.cr/index.php/actas/article/view/1165
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