What if we are not able to build a good human society because we cannot remember it?
In the beginning, when God created all that is (seen and unseen), the life of humans was pristine in every aspect, and we were perfectly free to enjoy the good human life that had been ordered for us. In the beginning, our Freedom was immediate and our Freedom was full. But now, our Freedom comes when we reenter perfect equilibrium with the Absolute. Freedom is essential to being human, but it is gained through much effort, and only through the blood of Christ Jesu, the Redeemer of What Was Lost. And the Freedom achieved through our redemption is not immediately oriented toward enjoying creation, but it first necessarily compels the believer to be put to use to assist in the restoration of the goodness of human life.
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