✠ Catechismus Fundamentorum ✠ ✠ Preface: The Light of First Principles ✠ Prepared by: Daniel Squiers, Order of the Black Shield Soli Deo gloria. Nota Humilitatis et Discernmentis What follows is offered in fear of God and love for His Church. I do not claim originality for these ideas; they are a compilation and stitching-together…
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