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On Hierarchy and the Church

Do you fear or hate hierarchy, especially in a life of faith? If so, would you also reject a temple and a church because you see it only as gaudy ornamentation? But are not both built on a foundation and layer upon layer? In the same way the living Church is built upon Christ. Its pillars are the teaching of the Apostles, the martyrs are the windows by which the light of Christ enters, and the bishops and priests are the supports fastened to these pillars. But what of the laity? They are the rich ornaments that adorn the living Church. They rely on all of these others and yet their place is the expression of beauty and harmony. For any place

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Victory Parade (WP)by ~troisnyxetienne

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The concept for this wallpaper actually started with a drawing of a pair of Papal Keys on MS Paint. I wanted a catchy statement, something that is doctrinally correct and something that is bite-size at the same time. You know, like material fit for a poster. The text was done on PowerPoint 2010. You may recognise this as the background to my Twitter page.

The idea behind the statement, "There's a victory parade at the start of every Mass. (We kid you not.)" comes from one of the Catholicism DVD episodes — the one with Fr Robert Barron speaking in them — about the significance of the cross, and how there is a crucifer (cross-bearer) at every High Mass at least. People have been parading the cross as a victory sign and a sign of defiance following Christ's death on the cross, they were like, "Oh, you think you can threaten us with this? Well we ain't afraid of this, now come and get some!" I don't know which episode this was, so if anyone can refresh me, I'll appreciate it!

~WhiteWings Jan 28, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

That is an awesome quote! Nice wallpaper to go with it, too~

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~troisnyxetienne Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

We've got the Catholicism DVDs to thank for the quote!

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=TiffanyDulamal Jan 27, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I like that! It's a cool way to think about it

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~aniwablue Jan 27, 2013

Wow, wonderful! Epic!

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~Keyblade0 Jan 27, 2013

They kinda do parade the big crucifix all around the mass...

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~troisnyxetienne Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

That's why in High Masses there is a "crucifer", based on the description. But hey, outside the Mass we hardly see proper victory parades......

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