Tertio Millenio Adveniente: Jesus Christ Yesterday, Today, and Forever

"Christian faith is a divine virtue, come down from heaven in Jesus Christ, inculturated by the Spirit in Mary and the Church, and made fruitful for God’s ongoing birth into the world."

The change in the spiritual attitude contained in the transition from the patristic to the modern age can be described as a change from a world- condemning "dying to the world" to a world- affirming "dying to the world."