I say that Scripture functions as the church’s living firmament: Tertullian warns that its very richness supplies materials for counterfeiters who either cut texts or contort meanings, so custody and consistent exegesis matter; Augustine shows me Scripture forming baptismal and liturgical imagination as a “heavenly skin” under which the people are remade; Aquinas reminds me how ignorance, passion, and habit affect responsibility but do not absolve deliberate interior choice, so pastors must teach both text and moral reason. (Galatians 1:8; Genesis 1:3; James 1:14–15)

Readings:

Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics, Chapters 31–33

Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions, Book 13, Chapter 15

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 18

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