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His first role is the leader of the Army of God and the leader of celestial forces in triumphing over the powers of Hell. [38] He is viewed as the angelic model for the virtues of the “spiritual warrior”, his conflict with evil taken as “the battle within”. [39] The second and third roles of Michael in Catholic teachings deal with death.
God also assembled a twofold church: the church militant and the church triumphant. The fire of love will someday be transferred from the church militant to the church triumphant." [ 11 ] As such, within Lutheranism , "That is called the Church militant , which in this life is still fighting, under the banner of Christ, against Satan, the world ...
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and all of the other evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen
"Saint Michael the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan, and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world, seeking the ruin of souls. Amen." [30]
In the 12th century, Bernard of Clairvaux, in his De consideratione, argued that both the "material sword" (gladius materialis) and the "spiritual sword" (gladius spiritualis) belonged ultimately to the Papacy. [1] By the early 13th century, the two swords were the subject of serious study and debate among canon lawyers and decretalists. The ...
In 1 Corinthians 9:7, [6] this image is used in a discussion of church workers receiving payment, with a metaphorical reference to a soldier's rations and expenses. [ 7 ] Ephesians 6:10–18 [ 8 ] discusses faith , righteousness , and other elements of Christianity as the armour of God , and this imagery is replicated by John Bunyan in The ...
The Roman Catholic Church has often held mortification of the flesh (literally, "putting the flesh to death"), as a worthy spiritual discipline. The practice is rooted in the Bible: in the asceticism of the Old and New Testament saints, and in its theology, such as the remark by Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, where he states: "If you live a life of nature, you are marked out for ...
Jesus is understood to have inaugurated the Kingdom of God, which advances throughout history from the Ascension to the Last Judgment, cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church 669-670. The advance of the Kingdom of God throughout history is interpreted in terms of the Augustinian concepts of the City of God and the City of Man.