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The Church is its future as much as it is its past.
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The Church is presented as belonging to the future just as much as to the past. Its history matters, but it is not only something inherited or remembered. The quote points to a continuing institution whose identity also includes what lies ahead.
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- Church Life Journal, University of Notre Dame
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