Christianity

Some 500 years ago, Martin Luther and St. Ignatius of Loyola were caught in the same struggle between faith and works that has been raging since the beginning of time. Loyola attempted to stymie Luther's Reformation, which was reminding the people of the truth and grace found in God's Word. To understand Christianity, then, requires understanding what Jesus meant by salvation. Christianity has been so successful not because it has been aligned with political power, but because its followers have found in Jesus' life and words something profoundly true about the human condition.

The first truth is that, hard as we may ...