It safeguards revealed truth while inviting deeper intellectual assent and personal conversion. Properly understood, it is ordered toward communion with the Most Holy Trinity and participation in the redemptive mission of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, it contributes to the sanctification of the faithful and the building up of the Mystical Body of Christ. Advent in Spiritual Theology designates a defined doctrinal reality within the Catholic faith that arises from divine revelation and is authoritatively interpreted by the Church’s Magisterium. The theological articulation of advent in spiritual theology developed over centuries through the reflection of the Fathers, the decrees of ecumenical councils, and the pastoral life of the Church.
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